I managed to fulfil a long term desire the other day, to see penguins in their natural habitat. Whilst at Oamaru, I managed to delay bar opening time a little to take a drive to nearby Bushy Beach. A scenic spot in it's own right, but it's also a beach that the rare yellow eyed penguins use as their home. There's no guarantee that they'll appear and at the most, people had been spotting between 2-4 over a typical 2 hour period, so hopes weren't that high, but after about 10 minutes of waiting, 1 appeared from the bushes and slowly waddled to the water.. at the same time another was returning with his catch further down the beach. Then another from the same nest, initally very hesitant to waddle anywhere, eventually making it to the sea, was knocked over by a wave, then waddled back home! You might have to zoom in on this pic, but here's one of the stars of the show.
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