The babies are back!

Well, not really babies anymore but acting like real penguins: our juvenile yellow-eyed penguins have been putting in the odd appearance in our colonies - here in the evening hanging out in the forest with a couple of adults. These youngsters have passed the biggest hurdle of their young lives and worked out how to feed themselves (unlike a certain other youngsters currently getting spoilt in rehab....update soon). Seeing juveniles now is very encouraging and we only glimpse them as we try not to be in the colony late so the birds can have the run of the place.