Yellow Eyed Penquin ( Megadyptes antipodes ), New Zealand -4441
This is a photo of a Yellow-eyed Penguin that I took while on Bushy Beach near Oamaru, on the South Island of New Zealand. I was surprised when the bushes below moved and it suddenly appeared less than 15 feet from me. I believe it is a hungry young chick waiting in the evening hours for its parents to return from sea with food. I think it knew it was time for them to return and was looking for them.
The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) is only found in New Zealand and is one of the rarest of penguins. They live and breed around the south-east coast of South Island, on Stewart Island and in the sub-Antarctic Auckland and Campbell islands. They are known to Maori as Hoiho
Yellow Eyed Penquin ( Megadyptes antipodes ), New Zealand -4441
This is a photo of a Yellow-eyed Penguin that I took while on Bushy Beach near Oamaru, on the South Island of New Zealand. I was surprised when the bushes below moved and it suddenly appeared less than 15 feet from me. I believe it is a hungry young chick waiting in the evening hours for its parents to return from sea with food. I think it knew it was time for them to return and was looking for them.
The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) is only found in New Zealand and is one of the rarest of penguins. They live and breed around the south-east coast of South Island, on Stewart Island and in the sub-Antarctic Auckland and Campbell islands. They are known to Maori as Hoiho