Little Blue Penguin
August 3, 2008
One special resident of the Bay and coastline is our Little Blue Penguin or Korora of the Maori. These shy blue/grey birds are often first observed as they duck under the waves as we sail by. They soon pop up again and paddle on their way, occasionally poking their heads under or meeting up with a couple of mates with loud “waaa, waaa “ calls to each other.
We have had this noisy calling under Cool Change in the evening and when observed through the under hull hatch we could see two penguins swimming under the boat between the hulls and looking up as though they thought they had found a suitable cave to nest in. They didn’t realize it was our nest !
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