Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53

• Other Authors: SOUCEK (DECEASED), FRANK (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WATTS, DAVE JOHN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; PENGUINS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; census; egg laying; egg weights and dimensions; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE; EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/royal-penguin-eudyptes-island-195253/701495; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/royals_macca_1952; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nes...