Sigh!
I'm trying to be a good sport about missing out on the intimate details of little George and Gracie, but I'm not having much luck. I haven't heard from National Geographic, but if I don't, I'll just keep putting my name in front of them. It works with senators and congressmen.
This site would be so great for educational purposes. Kids could learn about penguin biology. Teachers could 
use their interests in order to generate practice writing papers. And the rest of us could just darn well remember to sign and to support anything that approximates survival for the penguins.
Back to this week's observations, the chicks are up and about. Parents are bringing larger food for them to eat and of course, the month of February will be important for them, as they begin to molt out of their baby down and into adult plumage.
If you watch closely at times, you can see the chicks trying to emulate their parent. The Gentoo near the bottom of the snap is looking at rocks (bet he's a male) and the chick is bent in the same posture. Ya gotta love it. :)
And as Summer progresses, we see the first effects of global warming. The huge tabular iceberg in the back of this snap looks amazingly like the infamous B-15 berg.
And within the next few days, more bergs began to float towards O'Higgins Station: a full procession. I didn't see any of this last year. Al Gore is right... and all those naysayers re: global warming? They're full of it.
Until next time... with hopefully better news,
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