BOP 2007 > Still Photography Winners > Environmental Picture Story
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Each year Chinstrap males arrive at the breeding sites first, coming ashore in early November. The male will wait for his mate, whom he hasn’t seen since the previous year. If she has not survived, he will court another female. Year after year, the birds return to the same nest site. Mating takes place when the female lies down in the rocky nest and the male stands on her back to mate. Chinstraps are named for the thin black line that runs under their chins. They stand 27 to 30 inches tall (68 - 77 cm), and weigh 9 lb. (4 kg). Two million pairs of Chinstraps breed on Zavodovski Island, out of a worldwide population of 5 to 7 million pairs.
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