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Penguin chicks in nests
These shots show just how close the tunnels at Penguin Place run to the nests. We are told to be extra quiet and the camera shutter noise doesn’t seem to bother the chicks but you could pretty much reach out and touch them. Awesome. I cannot imagine the work involved in constructing these tunnels through sand dunes.
A little cropping and sharpening on these shots: the pics stand for themselves.
Later edit: couple of shots of the tunnels themselves.
Penguin emerging
Also from Penguin Place outside Dunedin, we were in a hide down near the beach and were lucky enough to see a penguin coming out of the sea after a fishing trip. It came out a little way then stood sunning itself. The wings are raised to expose as much surface area to the sun as possible. It later headed in to the dunes to its nest and chick.
and a close crop to show the penguin itself better
Penguin chick
This shot is of a Yellow Eyed Penguin chick, held in the care enclosure while it moults. We went on the tour at Penguin Place, Dunedin and can recommend it. You get to walk around the penguin nesting sites via a series of underground tunnels and hides, brilliantly constructed so as to leave the penguins completely undisturbed. The guides are highly knowledgeable and their first concern is always for the penguins.
