This is one more penguin post from Cuverville Island. I just thought I would show a few of the frequent penguin behaviors observed.

The penguin in the first photo is delivering a new rock to the nest, no doubt stolen from a nearby nest of another penguin.

My second picture doesn’t really capture the behavior very well, but I’ll tell you about it anyway. Penguins have a “bowing” behavior. The mom and dad bow to each other before they change shifts for tending the nest and baby. The parent and baby also do this bowing behavior when it’s time to eat. This picture doesn’t really show it, but that’s what was going on when I took the photo.

Much of a baby penguin’s time is spent sleeping. In the case of gentoo penguins, they lay in the nest with the parent standing over them and cuddled up next to them. You can see this in the third photo.