Fiordland Crested Penguins - The Tawaki Project - Part 2 - nest checks with Ursula Ellenberg

In the dense rainforest of Milford Sound, Ursula Ellenberg checks the nests of her study birds. Tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins, brood their chicks deep underground in caves and tunnels, making it very difficult to monitor their breeding success.
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Filmed on location in Milford Sound by Braydon Moloney, 2019. Many thanks to The Tawaki Project, The Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhi, Southern Discoveries, and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.
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[@Borboroglu]

Amazing videos featuring an absolutely great research and conservation project. Well done!!!

[@braydonmoloney]

Thanks Pablo. It was a privilege to work with Thomas and Ursula. I'd hoped to join them again this season, but can't get back into NZ now. Keep up the important penguin work that you do, and take care in this dangerous time. Braydon.

[@northernvibe4870]

The look like Fairy Penguins.