March 13, 2017
African Penguins, Simon's Town, South Africa

Jan and I spent three nights in Simon's Town to photograph African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) and have a short "vacation" at the wonderful lodge right near the penguin colony. It was extremely windy on three out of the four days, so we only photographed the penguins on one afternoon and one day. This guy was walking down the shared human/penguin path from its burrow on its way to the beach.

This chick and family had its burrow close to our lodge.

This might be the first time mating for this male because he didn't seem to be getting the appropriate parts lined up properly. However, it sure looks convincing from this angle and the late-afternoon light was fantastic.