Something Orange
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"Is that a little orange fish in the nest?" [Annika]
On the lower right.Posted
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by yshish moderator, translator in response to nthrockmorton's comment.
Oh, there really is something orange! It reminds me of their feet 😃 I don't know what it is and don't think it could be a fish. I tried to figure out from the following images but without any success 😦 It was there a few hours later and then it has been covered with snow..
What an orange mystery!
Z.
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by AvastMH moderator
It does look very much like a foot. Though I have only seen them leave a foot 'out' when the weather has been very hot. Here is an enlargeable picture: http://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.penguinwatch.org/subjects/standard/54119c3f12fc4d79f30282bd.JPG
Aha! Here's a picture taken a little later that day. It is a piece of grass stem/root that looks like a penguin foot. You can see it in the nest here - quite separate from the penguin.
http://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/subjects/APZ0001fok and the 'big version' http://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.penguinwatch.org/subjects/standard/54119c3f12fc4d79f30282d1.JPGI think your mystery is solved.
Happy counting Annika and Dad! 😄
Joan
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