Heaps of adorable pictures!

I've been in the hot sun, working all day with the ICU birds (the birds that need the most care and are the sickest/injured) and I'm half way through my 6 straight days of working. Rather than ramble on about my new enemy, 417, I'm just going to post pictures. But I've got a good rant brewing for my next post. That bird is a real jerk. He's got to have his foot amputated, so I can't really blame him for wanting to attack anything that comes within a half a foot radius of him.

But I digress - penguins! Adorable penguins!!



If you look closely, you can see the little rivulets of water coming off his tummy. Yes, I said tummy. Adorable things have tummy's, not stomachs.

Coming in from the Pen 10 pool, looking like he (or she) owns the place


This one is in mid-fluff. After they get out of the water, the birds will scrunch their bodies into a tight ball and then fluff all their feathers up and shake. I believe this gets the excess water off their skin and out of their plummage.
I got to chase these guys around while the pool was draining. It was a ridiculous amount of fun. I was splashing and laughing like an idiot while I chased them. I'm grinning now, just thinking about it.


Chubs a bit further along in his molting. Still a fatty, not quite as much of a feather ball.

I love this bird, and I love this photo. I think he was nosing around looking for fish. When some of the birds are really hungry, they'll come right up to you and make a high pitched trilling sound demanding fish. It's really funny and adorable.

This little guy was very perplexed by my camera.




These are their claws. They're also the culprits behind my fun new forearm scars. I've only forgotten arm guards twice, but I'll have the memories for life. Or at least until the scars fade.

And lastly, the view of table mountain from SANCOB. Complete with cloud coverage known as the table cloth.