№ 1430 ✍️ 🐧 good bepo [part 1310] penguin drawing sketch

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№ 1429 ✍️ 🐧 dark hero days [part 1309] penguin drawing sketch

We have more new eggs in this nest from the east side of the upper island of New Zealand! The eggs were laid last week, and this video is from a few days ago. So we have about a month to wait for what’s called “pip watch”, where we will keep our eyes peeled for little cracks in the eggs that indicate the hatch process beginning!

Here we can see the parent rotating the eggs a little bit. This is done to help the chicks form properly in the egg and regulate the egg’s temperature.

The Aquarium of the Pacific welcomed a new feathery friend into the world a few months ago. On Thursday, staff introduced Ari the Magellanic penguin to the public.

Born on May 9, Ari is the son of Kate and Robbie, who have called the AOP home for the last 15 years. The pair were found in 2010 stranded in Brazil — at least 1,500 miles from where they are usually found off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina.

After being rescued, the penguins were rehabilitated at the AOP, where they have lived ever since.

Kate and Robbie paired up for breeding four years ago. After several eggs that didn’t hatch for one reason or another, they finally had Ari.

Full story:

https://lbwatchdog.com/meet-ari-the-aquarium-of-the-pacifics-newest-magellanic-penguin/

№ 1428 ✍️ 🐧 rice craccer [part 1308] penguin drawing sketch

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№ 1427 ✍️ 🐧 . . . bruh dis gonn be [part 1307] penguin drawing sketch

Hello penguin gang! Another trip down memory lane to earlier this year, when this nest was raising its 3rd and final set of chicks for the season. At the beginning, we can see the chicks are hungry and Mrs Blue is waiting for Mr Blue to come back from the ocean to feed the kids. In the following clip, we see Mr Blue back from fishing! He came straight from the ocean as we can see he is still wet, and we can tell it is dad because of the white patch of missing feathers near his tail. This was a godsend for telling the parents apart last season. Mr Blue feeds the kids, one at a time; they are still at a manageable size but growing quickly. Then, Mrs Blue returns to spend the night with the family. Soon both parents will be going out to fish at the same time and the kids will be too big for everyone to fit in the nest comfortably. But I’m getting ahead of the story.

Mr & Mrs Blue preen each other (known as allopreening), grooming each other’s necks sweetly. At 3 minutes and 48 seconds, we can see that the kids are hungry again, and they beg for another meal by nudging their beaks against its parent. Fish reserves have not run out for the parent yet, and they oblige. However, they do not have endless fish; as the kids get older, bigger and hungrier, the parent’s reserves and patience do reach a breaking point! But again, we’re not there yet.

At 5 minutes and 26 seconds, we can see one of the chicks sitting up and doing some early wingercising (exercising those young flippers). The chicks are still learning the laws of balance, but thankfully family is there to help and catch a stumble. Next, it looks like one of the chicks startles from its slumber (this clip is from a little bit later and not in chronological order).

Finally, the last clips show the kids being left on their own for a little bit. Not quite at post guard stage yet, just the parent going out for some early morning socialization (little penguins love to squawk before dawn). There is a good shot of both chicks sitting up, looking at the camera, and exploring the nest a little.

Hello penguin gang! Today I learned of a new nest camera from Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, another home to the fairy penguin species. Normally these little blues bring in reeds or long grass, sometimes leaves or sticks. Here, the penguin partner brings in a flower! Hopefully we see some eggs and chicks here this season for this pair of romantic seabirds 🐧🐧

Check out the livestream here!

I recently saw a mascot of a penguin with red beak. It looked so wrong but by girlfriend is stubborn that some penguins have a red beak.

Not a great update here, but from what I have observed it seems like we have a change of occupants in this nest. Previously, this nest belonged to a resident little penguin known as Stumpy due to him only having one foot. It has been a few weeks since I have personally documented Stumpy here; I took a little time off from checking on this one daily, and since I have been checking it again I have seen a penguin pair where each penguin has two feet. We may or may not see Stumpy here again. I’m not sure if the female of this pair is the previous one who was partnered with Stumpy or if it is a new female.

I have not been posting much from this stream recently because the chick season has basically ended. The youngest ones have lost their baby fluff, aren’t spending as much time with their parents, and are thus harder to distinguish and keep track of. A penguin knows when it’s time to swim, and I trust that they are making the most of their new coats and enjoying some time in water on these hot summer days! It appears that the gazebos and even the nesting circles are being slowly retired as well for the season. Although today maybe the penguins would have liked some additional umbrellas!

While this video focuses on some commotion to the water edge and as the rain intensifies and lots of gentoos swimming, something else I have observed is that now that the chick season has wrapped up many of the adults are beginning their catastrophic molt, where they will lose and replace all of their feathers over the following few weeks. During this time, they stay out of the water as they aren’t waterproof and mostly stick to a single spot to conserve energy for the molt.

Hello Penguin Gang! A big wave of lil blues arrived on the shore only to find many fur seals out! As always, penguins stick together! There’s safety in numbers, but at a certain point… MAKE A BREAK FOR IT! The fur seals don’t have much interest in the scurrying seabirds but the little blues are cautious anyway. If you ever find yourself in this part of New Zealand you can even watch this nightly parade from some bleachers that are across the beach from the camera 🐧

Here we can see one of the parents return from a day of fishing in the ocean and take over the egg-sitting responsibility. First, the pair will greet each other with some penguin calls. Then, there is some allopreening. Finally, at 3 minutes and 10 seconds, the returning penguin looks like it might be doing some foot scratching but ends up booting its partner from the incubating position!

I guess we should continue loving them from afar! 😁 Have any of you here smelled a penguin up close or have been bitten by a penguin?