I sat with the Magellanic penguins
They look quite beautiful post-molt. Fidget even came up to inspect me and hit his bill against my hand. I wasn't sure if he was being affectionate or agressive so I moved my hand away. Alejandro was biting my jeans and my skin a little too. They were all interested in me, except Marco who lost interest quicker than the rest. Fidget also sparred with another bird very briefly.
After I left the room, they began calling and sparring uproariously.
I later went downstairs to visit Woody, the rockhopper, but ended up in a nest room full of kings and gentoos.
The kings, well I heard King Tut anyway, were trumpeting. They like to go on walks which don't start yet but anytime they can go into the nest room, they are happy.
The Gentoos, Tracy, Darcy and Double were all very happy to see me and eager to bow to me
That is how I was able to get this close up of Miss Double. She stood at my feet the whole time and fended off other birds. I enjoyed interacting with the birds agian. Woody, however, did not come too close to me. He hopped around, in and out of the nest room, more ready to follow my coworker. I made my way outside to the Humboldt exhibit as I left and spotted Guillermo, and also noticed that there were no visitors around so I immediately started talking to him loudly and in the same voice that I talked to him with over the summer. He perked up and looked right at me. He also called a couple of times and fluffed the feathers below his beak
He is a fat healthy baby boy. He also started to walk towards me and almost got into the water a couple of times. It was wonderful to know he remembers me.
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