This morning, I cleaned the Humboldt exhibit and I found baby Guillermo fitting in quite well. He was swimming when I saw him and I talked to him and then cleaned the exhibit and finally got to where he was sitting. I talked to him as I had before and he seemed to recognize me because he chirped as I talked to him and he didn't mind me petting him. I was happy that he remembered me.
I moved inside to clean rockhopper and was amused by some of the rockhoppers. Several birds that hang out up top and barely move even for me to clean enjoy the mist of the hose. This was my impression anyhow. It seems that they don't even mind the full flow of the hose and they don't even mind having it on their entire back. It is fun watching them bend over just a little bit as the water runs over their back. They also tend to fluff their feathers a bit. One of these rockhoppers, Cuatro, tends to vocalize nearly the entire time I am cleaning where he prefers to stand. I can say his name and he puts his head down as if he is going to start vocalizing.
When I helped clean big penguin, I started scrubbing and was approached by a king penguin. I assumed that it was Barry or maybe Kong, who normally approach me but to no avail. It was number six, Mikey, who decided to be my friend. I think at first he walked up very close to me, and then maybe checked out my boots. Also, he began to trumpet. I was flattered to say the least. I continued cleaning and he continued remaining very close to me and also trumpeting numerous times, at least 10 times I would say. It was interesting to be approached by another penguin. Especially since number six has never really been outgoing in any particular manner. I was happy.
When feeding this morning, I believe I gave Woody a herring and that he ate it. Also, when feeding this afternoon, Woody ate a herring from me and also a trout that had was in with the herring. I am impressed with how large a fish such a small bird can consume.
A tufted puffin egg pipped on Thursday but today had not made any more progress. We ended up removing some of the shell where the bird had broken through the shell. The hole is in the airsac so the chick is alright with some fresh air. Later, after lunch, we hadn't seen any more progress so we opened the hole a bit more and saw the bird's beak and heard it chirping in a very healthy fashion.
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