Despite reading and watching lots of nature shows I never understood the tremendous devotion of the parent penguins to their chicks till I got to see it first hand. Their attention is all consuming and it is a moving experience to watch the continuous care.
This Gentoo penguin adult has just come back from fishing and has relieved its mate (who has now left to go fishing.) It fusses to arrange the pebbles and the two chicks and the remaining egg (which is surely dead by now) and protect everything. I sat and watched it feed these chicks for quite some time.
What you can`t see in this photo is the biting cold gusty wind battering this family group. The protective parent pair is doing a great job though, never give up, always pay attention!
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