This month I am writing about incredible journeys and today I am going to be writing about how, where and when Emperor penguins migrate.The Emperor penguin is from Antarctica with a population of 595,000. The emperor penguin is nearly threatened to be endangered because of climate change. predators: leopard seals, killer whales, giant petrels and skuas.
They migrate inland to breeding ground during March. They usually travel around 60-100 miles to their chosen breeding ground. Most of the colonies (the name for a group of penguins) migrate to the same breeding ground and usually arrive at the same time. They usually start migrating in the beginning of March and get to the breeding ground by the end of March. The penguins always take a different path each year because the ice shifts making obstacles.
When they get to the breeding ground the female will lay an egg. The male will look after that egg for around four months while the female is of feeding in the sea. Then when the egg starts to hatch the female will come and look after her chicks while the male goes to feed in the sea this process will carry on for two to four months.
When the male gets back he calls for his chicks and feeds them. For the next few months the parents take it in turns to feed in the ocean then they both leave their chicks at the breeding ground and go home their chicks then live at the breeding ground for the next four years and on the fifth year they will migrate like their parents.
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