Stewie Junior

It is the week to catch up with sponsored penguins! This is a young yellow-eyed penguin male who was sponsored by a kind soul. He managed to raise his chick almost to the end but we had to help it along a little. However, Stewie Junior is now back to moult and waiting patiently for his mate (first photo). She showed up about a week later (second photo) where he is now lost a lot of his feathers but she is only just starting to drop them. In the final photo (see next post - the photo fell off this post....) it is him on the left, a little skinny but with a beautiful new coat and she is in the scruffy looking phase. He will not wait for her but go to sea and feed and return in the evening to sit with her until she is also finished. They have done well and we hope they will be back next year to make more eggs!!