King Penguins milling around with reindeer on St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island (courtesy of Allen Akin)

i wanted to leave a non-christmas related feature--also just for something refreshingly unique. Since it's winter, and i love snow, and i like cute animals, and i like birds in particular, i went searching for pictures of penguins. Below are some good sites i found. Enjoy. :)

Aptenodytes Penguins, courtesy of Pete & Barbaralots of thumbnails, very cute

Penguins, courtesy of Galen R. Frysinger slow to load, but great photos with descriptions

More Penguin photos! courtesy of Allen Akin including the photo displayed above