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MARCH 21, 2018

Our next stops were at Portobello, for the Royal Albatross Center, and the Blue Penguin beach. The first night we got to watch nearly 20 Little Blue Penguins waddle ashore, as well as a whole bunch of the huge Northern Royal Albatross’s circle overhead. Here are a couple of those Blue Penguins. A complete surprise.

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APRIL 15, 2012

I can’t find any more information about it but apparently a penguin bit Newt Gingrich. What is up with penguins and political statements this year? Good times!

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. You may think of penguins as cold-adapted and they are, but there are penguins living in temperate and tropical areas as well.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Kieran Reid, of the famed New Zealand All Blacks , is now, in addition to his rugby duties, an ambassador for the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust, and serves to raise awareness about the plight of the penguin, which is also known as the Hoiho. How great is it that a big, tough athlete is trying to help a little, cute penguin?

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin transports guests into the icy world of the penguin like never before.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

It must be terribly embarrassing for a penguin to slip and fall on ice but the penguin behind the one that falls just has to go and rub it in. This video is well worth checking out. Hat-tip to my cousin, Karen Myer. And if you don’t know who Nelson Muntz is this is pretty much all you need to know.

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APRIL 3, 2013

While penguins who live in Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium don’t have to worry about oil spills or other environmental disasters, they have problems of their own. Or, as penguins do, waddle.) (Note: If you’re interested in helping out the rescuers and rehabbers, more info can be found here and here.). The end result?

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JANUARY 28, 2011

These baby penguins are being cared for by the experts at SeaWorld Orlando. Rockhopper penguins eventually lose their downy feathers and grow colorful crests. These little guys are off the chart cute! Click on photos to view them larger. You might recognize the rockhopper from the movie Surf’s Up.

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MARCH 10, 2012

The BK Crown TM/MC Program at BURGER KING in partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), gave children the opportunity to name a one year-old male, black-footed penguin residing at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn. What name did the kids pick for the super cool dude? Our partnership with Burger King Corp.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Penguin lovers rejoice! This weekend is Penguin Palooza on Nat Geo WILD! This weekend you will be able to enjoy shows about penguins almost all weekend long. Penguin Palooza starts at noon to 11pm ET/PT on Saturday November 12 and Sunday, November 13. Photo Credit: © Argus Collection. Be sure to tune in!

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Who can resist penguins and whales? The book notes that most of South Georgia’s birds are either Penguins, Sphenisciformes, or Tubenoses, Procellariiformes. And, much as I love Albatrosses and am curious about Prions, it is the pages on Penguins that I keep turning to. I know, I say this with every review.

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JULY 19, 2012

Invading rats with bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long have begun eating eggs and chicks, and some experts fear that unless the rats are eradicated, they could tip the Humboldt penguin toward extinction.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

At night we had planned to go out looking for Blue Penguins , around 600 of which make the island their breeding home. So while we heard plenty of penguins, we never actually found any. I’ll work on that. Red-crowned Parakeet foraging near a New Zealand Fur Seal. Oh well, better luck next time!

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APRIL 7, 2011

Featherless Penguin Dons Wetsuit | Cute | News | PEOPLE Pets. Click the photo or link above to read the entire story on People Pets!

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Catherine Ngarachu’s “50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya” (published by Penguin Random House South Africa) is the first detailed guide to the country’s best birding sites. 50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya starts with contents on the left hand side and a Kenya map opposite to them (above), marked with site numbers for easy orientation.

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MAY 17, 2019

One of the highlights of the trip for me was seeing penguins for the first time. Of course, I’ve seen live penguins in zoos before, but these were real, honest-to-goodness (and countable!) Humboldt Penguins ( Spheniscus humboldti ), to be precise, which I saw at their colony on the Palomino Island, not too far offshore from Lima.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

There’s a King Penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus ) on the label, a very first appearance for the Spheniscidae family here at Birds and Booze. The emperor – er, King – has no clothes: this penguin seems to have misplaced its jumper. Time for another bottle of red wine to get us through to spring. Except birders.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 20, 2008

The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list six species of penguin as threatened species and one _ the African penguin _ as an endangered species. Tags: bush penguins endangered species.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect. © 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E. Black-and-white also allows Angell to play with design and shape.

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JUNE 17, 2022

Penguins don’t. I had a nice double IPA with a penguin on it to review last month in time for my local bird club’s annual big day – a long, grueling event that always leaves me thirsty for a strong, refreshing beer when it’s over. Times flies. So do birds. Well, most birds do.

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JULY 9, 2010

From killer swarms, to flying cars, to city-dwelling penguins, our bizarre, yet fascinating world is on display. Killer Swarms and Urban Penguins originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 9, 2010. It airs Friday, July 9 at 7PM ET/PT. In tonight’s episode of Nat Geo Amazing! you will see a little bit of everything.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Take Madagascar, for example, one of the world’s highest-priority Biodiversity Hotspots: that island-continent is most famous for its penguins. Well, sort of, as there are no penguins in Madagascar, indigenous or otherwise. Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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AUGUST 15, 2008

Nils Olav, a king penguin on the Norwegian King's Guard , was bestowed a knighthood for simultaneously defusing an IED while taking out a machine gun in Iraq. For the King's Guard was about to award a knighthood to what was already the world's most decorated penguin The King's Guard has adopted the penguin at the zoo.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

At the very least, thinking about penguins might keep you cool while summer still sizzles! Alas, I won’t be anywhere near penguins this weekend, so I’ll have to make do with whatever uncommon shorebirds trickle through Lake Ontario. Entering is easy, but you should get to it quickly, as the promotion ends when August does.

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MAY 27, 2021

And finally, a wet African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa). A wet female White-Throated Rock Thrush (Nanhui, China). A wet Tiger Shrike (Nanhui, China). A wet Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Nanhui, China). Even though this bird is definitely wet, it still feels a bit like cheating to include it in this post.

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MARCH 14, 2022

New species started to pop-up like our first sightings of Macaroni Penguins , Blue Petrel, and several prion species that were called out by our expert birding guides using loudhailers, or as we know them in the United States megaphones. Penguins began to become numerous, and the anticipation turned into celebration as we saw our target.

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APRIL 19, 2012

They can fly on air but only in the water? Want an explanation? Check it out here !

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AUGUST 10, 2014

Together, these birds compose the family Alcidae , and they share adaptations that we recognize as penguin-like: an upright stance on land, black-and-white plumage, and — most important — wings that propel them underwater in pursuit of prey ( see them in action here ).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

This is one kick ass little penguin. H/t to Andrew Sullivan.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

People go to Boulder’s Beach for one reason… penguins! It’s the easiest place in the world to see wild penguins (well, except for the parking in summer), namely African Penguins. But mostly, just drink in the penguins! African Penguin! Boulder’s Beach. Boulder’s Beach. Strandfontein.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

If you love penguins, and you love Doctor Who , you won’t want to miss this David Tennant–narrated miniseries on PBS. Penguins are also being touted as a way to gauge the health of oceans.). Still craving more penguin news? Sea World San Diego just welcomed the world’s first “test-tube” penguin.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Penguins are, obviously, penguins, which makes them awesome. Not all birds are created equal. The Resplendent Quetzal boasts a tail so long that people travel the world to admire it. The Sword-billed Hummingbird puts its less endowed kin to shame. Central Africa has one of those birds.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Since November 30, a total of 15 penguin chicks have hatched at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction which features a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. cute of the day penguins wildlife'

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

An absolute highlight were the African Penguins at Boulders Beach. The colony is a proper tourist attraction with an entrance fee and way too many people, but the penguins still make it worth going. While apparently not the safest of places, it is a great spot to see birds. Here are some of my sightings.

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JUNE 25, 2020

African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa, Nov 2018). Here`s another entry in the category “Rejected topics for bird-related coffee table books”, following my recent “Blue Birds” post. With remarkable accuracy, each of the photos below shows exactly two birds. Walking back to their beach towels.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Mark]: This luscious book, Penguins: The Ultimate Guide , by De Roy, Jones, and Cornthwaite, is the second edition of a book first published in 2015. But this is more than a coffee table book. There is a wealth of information about these marvelous creatures, given via prose essays, and charts, and tables – it’s all quite user-friendly.

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APRIL 1, 2021

African Penguins, asleep (Cape Town, South Africa). A Slumberous Sandpiper ( Green Sandpiper , Nanhui, Shanghai). A Sleepy Shoveller ( Northern Shoveller , Nanhui, Shanghai). A Tired Teal ( Eurasian Teal , Nanhui, Shanghai). A Burnt out Barn Owl (Kruger Park, South Africa). A Somnolent Speckled Mousebird (Cape Town, South Africa).

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