Hi all,
The penguins are getting back to base.
Cheers
Carol de Bruin
Johannesburg.
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From: Les Underhill <>
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Date: 18 July 2000 05:08
Subject: [capebirdnet] One home; two on their way --- Penguin Update: 18
July
>Hi all --- These daily status-of-the-penguins reports go onto the ADU
>website; from now on I'll only distribute them to the listservers
>when something exceptional happens, like Peter Penguin reaching his
>island. --- Les
>
>
>WWF-SA Media Release\
>
>Penguin Update: 18 July 2000
>
>Peter's transmitter confirms he's home!
>
>Peter, Percy & Pam:
>
>Peter is home - according to signals from the satellite transmitter
>he is still carrying on his back, he is somewhere on Robben Island.
>But actually finding him is going to be another story ...
>
>Prof Les Underhill of the Avian Demography Unit at the University of
>Cape Town says Peter is probably puzzled to be missing his
>neighbours; many of them are still sitting at SANCCOB, either still
>waiting their turn in the queue for the wash tub, or busy regaining
>their waterproofing. Happily, thanks to the quality of the response
>by an enormous number of people and organisations, the vast majority
>of these neighbours will ultimately return.
>
>Percy is a stone's throw away from home (Dassen Island) at
>Kommetjie, and Pamela is between Cape Infanta and Cape Agulhas.
>
>According to Prof Underhill, we can only marvel at the navigational
>feats of our penguins with their SAP-sponsored satellite transmitters.
>"If a real bird gets lost, it can fly a kilometre or so up in the
>air, and get its bearings. The horizon is always a kilometre or two
>away for a penguin. We know nothing about the psychology of penguins,
>and the best we can do is write a novel about the thoughts that have
>been passing through Peter's brain over the past three weeks since
>the landing beach on his island was covered in oil. (Where is my
>mate? Where are my chicks?) We allowed him the dignity of slipping
>ashore quietly. This is largely because our technology cannot make an
>exact prediction of time and place. On Thursday, Percy should be back
>on Dassen Island too, and everyone should plan to have a 'Welcome
>home penguins' party that day at home, at office and at school."
>
>(To follow Percy and Pam's progress, visit the Avian Demography
>Unit's website at http://www.uct.ac.za/)
>
>Welcoming party
>
>It seems the official home-coming party, which has been planned for
>later this week on Robben Island, will have to be postponed because
>of bad weather.
>
>Request for fish and volunteers
>
>Sanccob Salt River would welcome donated fish for the penguins.
>Cathy Williams of Sanccob has also confirmed that they do not have
>the number of volunteers they require to rehabilitate the African
>penguins. Sanccob desperately needs help - they need at least 1 000
>volunteers per day, every day for at least the next month. After
>that, they'll still need significant numbers of volunteers for 2 to 3
>months. Please contact the Volunteer Call Centre on (021) 480 7726 /
>29 / 30 / 49. -end-
>
>
>
>
>
>****************************
>Professor Les Underhill
>Director: Avian Demography Unit
>Department of Statistical Sciences
>University of Cape Town
>Rondebosch 7701 South Africa
>Phone +27 21 650 3227 Fax +27 21 650 3434
>Web http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/
>
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