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Yellow-eyed penguins, like this one Enderby Island, often nest hundreds of metres from the beach, necessitating long journeys through dense undergrowth. Nesting in private like this may help the birds avoid predatory sea lions. Parents take turns to forage for food, regurgitating squid and fish into their chicks’ mouths upon their return to the nest. Once the chicks are big enough to be left alone, both parents start going to sea on a daily basis—a team effort required to meet the infants’ escalating demands.
Read the feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/life-on-the-edge/
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 143 January-February 2017.
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2016.
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LIFE ON THE EDGE
Yellow-eyed penguins, like this one Enderby Island, often nest hundreds of metres from the beach, necessitating long journeys through dense undergrowth. Nesting in private like this may help the birds avoid predatory sea lions. Parents take turns to forage for food, regurgitating squid and fish into their chicks’ mouths upon their return to the nest. Once the chicks are big enough to be left alone, both parents start going to sea on a daily basis—a team effort required to meet the infants’ escalating demands.<br /> Read the feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/life-on-the-edge/<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 143 January-February 2017.<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2016.