MEGA ALERT: Northern Rockhopper Penguin at Onrus
Trevor Hardaker
Photos have arrived and there are now several observers on site too and the bird can be confirmed as a NORTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN. It may well even be the same individual that entertained so many of us a few weeks ago at Soetwater as this bird looks in a lot better condition and not in some tatty moult...:)
As mentioned previously, the bird is at Hardebaai in Onrus and the GPS co-ordinates for the site are S 34 24 59.7 E 19 10 23.3. Thanks very much to Anton Odendal for getting the news out so quickly and making sure that he got the photos through to me quickly as well and then also to Keir and Alouise Lynch who sent through the co-ordinates to the site. I am still hoping for a few more photos from the various observers that are there at the moment, but for now, here is one of Anton’s shots of the bird taken this evening.
Good luck if you are planning on chasing this one – it looks like a stunning individual!
Kind regards
Trevor
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TREVOR HARDAKER
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