Last Friday Irene and I went down to Simonstown, to "Boulder Beach." It is the location of a Penguin Colony. The penguins there are called "Jackass" Penquins because their call sounds very much like a Donkey's bray.
Irene had never seen penguins in the wild before - only in zoos. So she was very excited about it. In fact, I think it was the thing (other than teaching and doing church-oriented things) that was the thing that she enjoyed the most. We got a lot of pictures some of which I'm including on this post
The reason it's called "Boulder Beach"
We saw virtually every stage of the penguin's development:
An Egg - it had rolled out of nest and is assuredly dead
2 babies with downy (non-waterproof) feathers. They can't swim yet.
A "teenager" - with its waterproof Juvenile Feathers and Colorization.
It CAN swim now. These are called "Baby Blues"
Adult with adult colors.
These penguins nest in grass, holes, under roots in special plastic huts
made for them by the wildlife department
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