WPC: Shadow
The afternoon shadows lengthen as the sun slips towards the horizon and the African penguins return from a day’s fishing. Stocks of their prey, small pelagic fish such as sardines and anchovies are dwindling in numbers and as a consequence since 2000 the penguin populations off South African have been declining, especially off the heavily fished West Coast. Give a thought for these charismatic little creatures as they are listed as Endangered on the IUCN’s REd Data List.
Nature on the Edge 
Gorgeous, Liz! You’re the winner of all shadows! 🙂 I’d love to dance with your cuties. ❤
So cute !
Oh no! That is sad to hear. I love those little African penguins even if I do still think of them as the Jackass!
So sad to hear the plight of yet another species being edged out by humans. 😦 They are such a winsome pair!
So cute! Now I have that song playing in my head. 😅
Now you mention it, i can just picture a penguin taking up a Yul Brunner stance and whisking Anna round the sandy beach 🙂
😅🐧
Charismatic indeed Liz!! Love these little guys.
Oh no, I tend to think of all penguins as being prolific.
they want fish, we want fish.
Who loses?
Yes, please! 🙂 🙂
Aren’t they beguiling little creatures 🙂
I would like to dance with them!
🙂
Nice shots!
A beautiful and eloquent series of images of some very charismatic birds.I hope things get better for them.
Rehabilitation centres and ongoing research gives us hope for their future. One of the issues is looking at the temperature of water and where their prey has migrated to… establishing new shore bases for the colonies closer to the action is on the cards.