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​Jeffo and Jessica

28/2/2022

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These two are adventurous and clambered onto this heap of vegetation and are perched proud as pie there. It turns out they are both girls, and we last saw them 20 February, both were beautifully fat and now off on their own learning to catch a fish! Good luck, girls!
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​Danielle

27/2/2022

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This wee female - actually not so wee, weighing in at 8.2kg at the start of the moult!! - is super special, not just to her sponsor, but to us and the St Kilda vets. Why? She is Stitches daughter and Stitches had a severe injury a few years ago now that the wonderful St Kilda vets fixed, so she lived and bred, and now Danielle, who she raised last year, has come back to moult. Maybe next season Stitches will be a grand-penguin?!?
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​Lallo Waddle

26/2/2022

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turned out to be a girl, weighed 5.5kg and was last seen 15 February - now she has left and is looking for adventures at sea. Peanut and Ming have done a fab job with her - now it's time to fatten up themselves for the moult. Well done all around (especially Ming, who has had her share of trouble in the las year or two!)
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​Sam and Sim

25/2/2022

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These two are great at hiding - but now they are gone. This is the last photos of them together from about 3 weeks ago. Sam is a female (5.5kg on the last weigh-in) and last seen on 10 February, Sim is undecided (5.9kg on the last weigh-in) and last seen on 15 February. They were wonderfully fat and have a good chance out there. Good luck and come back if you need a top-up!
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​Portia

24/2/2022

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Our first chicks have started to fledge. It is always kinda sad to see them go after worrying about them for three and a half months. Portia here weighed 6kg on her last weigh-in and last dose of anti Malaria meds so she has a great start to her life thanks to Eire and Noelyn. She was last seen on 12 February. We don't know if she is a boy or a girl - a little undecided on this one. Good luck, buddy, come back if you have trouble.
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​Pink

23/2/2022

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He is the first to be this far through the moult and we forget how stunning the birds are with their new feathers. Pink is busy preening here and soon he will be on his way for his first meal in four weeks. He still looks pretty chunky, so he has done exceptionally well for his first moult.
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​Mixing it up in rehab

22/2/2022

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It is the moulting season and not just for yellow-eyed penguins. We have two out-of-towners in rehab now, first a Fiordland crested or Tawaki and then an Erect crested (juvenile). Penguins are very social and we have them housed with three chicks: in sequence of appearance in the video: Aloysius, Snowflake and Felien (who joined the rehab crowd because his mum got Malaria and needed a break (doing well) and dad Rio was only breeding for the first time, so we didn't want to stretch him into solo-parenting.) It's all good and happy families here!
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​Pekepeke

21/2/2022

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This chick certainly has her own mind and sits where she wants to sit - yes Pekepeke turned out to be a girl - and that is not with the neighbours on either side but under the bushes where she can watch for mum and dad to come home.
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​McCormick

20/2/2022

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It turns out this chick is a boy - here trying to hide behind a thistle. Is it working??
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​Hooli

19/2/2022

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We get quite excited around this time of year because we see our chicks from last season return to moult. We do need to pop them on scales to make sure they are fat enough to make it through 4 weeks of fasting, and that means we can id them. This is Hooli and he was raised by Anna and Stewie Junior! Yeah - he is back!
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