Our tour of the Cape Peninsula and Table Mountain National Park on Saturday also led us to an African Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach. Here in this sheltered cove in a magnificent setting, these endangered birds are thriving. We were thrilled to spot them nesting and "holding hands" as we strolled along the special boardwalk that allows them to remain protected in their natural environment.
These cute little birds are all black on their faces and backsides and white with speckles on their bellies. These dots are their "fingerprints" by which they can be told apart. But the sweetest thing about them is that they mate for life and are so, well, exemplary with the males and females touching wings, taking turns incubating their eggs, and feeding their young. How adorable!
This beach was near Simonstown, South Africa, a quaint little fishing village at the end of the world where life looks exceptionally good.
Hello, you penguins! So glad you're in this world and that my sister got to see you. May you have a long, happy life and I hope someday to visit you myself!
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