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Ōamaru postie Lorraine Adams dedicates much of her time to looking out for kororā, including installing disused postboxes along the waterfront for the birds to nest in. Recent DNA research has shown there are two little blue penguin species present in New Zealand. These Otago birds are part of a recently arrived group from Australia, a separate lineage from little penguins elsewhere. Like many penguins, little blues remain loyal to their nesting sites and will usually return to the same area they were born to breed, a tendency known as philopatry.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 158 July- August 2019.
Read the feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-wreck-of-the-penguins/
Photographs Richard Robinson © 2019
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THE WRECK OF THE PENGUINS
Ōamaru postie Lorraine Adams dedicates much of her time to looking out for kororā, including installing disused postboxes along the waterfront for the birds to nest in. Recent DNA research has shown there are two little blue penguin species present in New Zealand. These Otago birds are part of a recently arrived group from Australia, a separate lineage from little penguins elsewhere. Like many penguins, little blues remain loyal to their nesting sites and will usually return to the same area they were born to breed, a tendency known as philopatry.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 158 July- August 2019. <br /> Read the feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-wreck-of-the-penguins/<br /> Photographs Richard Robinson © 2019