Look carefully and you will see a new life working to break out! As the parent stands up to stretch, a tiny beak can be seen briefly poking out of the shell a couple times! Specifically 15:07:56 and 15:09:48
Here is a continuation of the last clip. Connie inspeccs how Sir Nils is holding onto their egg, using her beak to investigate his feet and make sure he is not letting the egg touch the ground. Another good view of the egg at 1min and 53sec. It considered a great honor among any respectable penguin to be on guard duty of their egg(s) and Sir Nils is no exception. Although Connie seems ready to take the egg back if necessary, she eventually relents after finding Sir Nils’ incubating satisfactory. A gentoo passes close by at 3min and 30sec and the pair politely tell it to feck off.
Hello penguin gang! We are checking back in to Scotland where Sir Nils (purple band) takes over his royal incubating role from his mate, Connie (yellow band). The expecting father was waddling around his partner before she signaled to him that she was ready for him to take over. At about 2 minutes into this video, she steps away from the egg, leaving it vulnerable on the ground. Then, Sir Nils waddles into action! He gingerly steps forward, cradling the egg between his feet and nudging it underneath his brood pouch. The egg is hidden from the camera in front of Connie, but can be seen with Sir Nils at about 7min and 45sec. After successfully receiving the egg, Connie flaps her wings a bit, perhaps telling Sir Nils well done! But she also seems reluctant to be away from the precious cargo, and inspects her mate’s feet to make sure he is doing his best.
Hello penguin gang!
With the wild penguin season in swing, I figured I’d put together a list of penguin cams in one place for others. Please feel free to add any I miss or ask any questions. I am not an expert by any means and I only just got into these last year but I can provide what I do know. Most of these streams from YouTube have their own chat feature, rewind function, local time clock, and sound, while some do not; I will try to make note of those that do and do not. Most do not have ads either but some do. I am drawing some inspiration for this from elfruler’s Bald Eagle links (iykyk).
Tawaki Cam - Erect crested penguins on Antipodes Island, New Zealand. Outdoors, very scenic view, medium-long range; focuses on the colony. Has clock, sound, rewind, and chat. The penguins residing here recently returned from their time at sea. There is currently a contest to report the first breeding pair, link can be found on the direct website.
Rewilding Argentina - My personal favorite. Magellanic penguins on Isla Tova, Chubut, Argentina. Run by Dr Flavio. Will be online towards the end of October. Close range at nest, long range at beach; 2 cameras, 2 different nests/locations. More details to come regarding stream setup. Chat is in Spanish and very friendly! We have a channel dedicated to videos from this nest called Banda de Pinguinos.
Stony Point Colony - African penguins in Betty’s Bay, South Africa. Outdoors, scenic, long range; variety of wildlife on the beach. Camera moves occasionally to focus on different areas. There is a small cove where an African penguin couple usually resides but they weren’t successful with incubating eggs this year. Nest is somewhat close to the water when the tide is high and I have heard that the breeding is not usually successful. SANCCOB will sometimes use this area to release African penguins back into the wild!
This livestream and the Rewilding Argentina ones are part of Explore.org’s many different wildlife cams, I highly recommend checking their site out for lots of other animal streams, as well as a pages of screenshots for some of the streams.
Africam Stony Point Snapshots
Oamaru Nest / Oamaru Beach - One of the best! Southern New Zealand. Close range burrow box cam, AND medium range beach cam where you can see the little penguins come from and go out to the ocean. Nest cam has clock, sound, rewind, and chat; beach cam has everything but sound. Checked/cleaned weekly. Nest cam pair is new to the stream, currently have two chicks that are about 1 month old! The chat on this stream is also where I get a lot of my info and has great community. Dedicated team of timestampers. Direct website.
Hamilton Bay Cottage - Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Close range burrow box cam, cleaned regularly. Has clock, sound, rewind, and chat. Just found out about this one! I observed the penguin couple here exchange a flower during the nesting phase before they laid eggs which is one of the cutest penguin moments I have seen. Channel does a great job of uploading daily high speed stream recaps. Two eggs, laid August 24 & 27. Pip watch September 27 - October 1st!!
Korora NIWA / Outdoor Cam - Wellington, New Zealand. Very close range burrow box cam, cleaned occasionally. Nest cam has clock, sound, rewind and chat (I’m personally not able to use this chat due to some YouTube setting, but it should theoretically work). Two eggs, laid between Aug 31- Sept 7; expected hatch Oct 7-15. Last year, this nest had an adorable single chick. Direct website.
Keeping Up With The Korora 1 - Napier Port, New Zealand. Close range burrow box cam, cleaned occasionally. Has clock, rewind, and chat, but no sound. Two eggs, not sure of exact lay date but about a couple weeks ago; expected hatch ~mid-late October.
Keeping Up With The Korora 2 - Napier Port, New Zealand. Very close range burrow box cam, cleaned rarely. Has clock, rewind, and chat, no sound. Two chicks, not quite at post guard stage currently (~3 weeks).
Burnie Penguin Centre Live Stream - 5way split camera in Tasmania, Australia (northern coast of island, off the southern coast of Victoria). Close range burrow boxes with occasional-rare outdoor colony coverage. Has clock, rewind, some sound from one of the burrows (possibly from top left, Burrow 3), no chat. I’m going to be honest these nests often have unsuccessful breeding; I have seen some chicks make it to fledge but it is on the more uncommon side. More often chicks will not make it past egg/hatching phase. I think currently there are two eggs in the nest on the bottom left cam (Burrow 1); the nest that was top right lost two chicks recently, so they set that one to the outside.
Burnie Penguin Centre Outdoor Stream - views from the hilly area outside the burrows. Little penguins usually come back from the in the evening, go out to sea before dawn, and stay in their burrows during the day. They are most active during the night.
Phillip Island Burrow Cam - near Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Close range burrow box cam, cleaned rarely. Has rewind but no clock and no sound. Chat here is unhinged. There used to be a little penguin with one foot named Stumpy that resided in this nest with a partner but sadly he did not return over the summer and new penguins live here now.
Ngamoto Little Blues - Taranki coast, New Zealand. Close range, slanted burrow box cam. Has clock, sound, rewind, but no chat. Camera angle does not allow much penguin watching, but you can see the little penguins sliding down and climbing up the incline to the entry. I think there were two eggs here recently but I don’t think they were viable. Direct website.
Edinburgh Zoo - Outdoor; Scotland. Camera is medium range, rotated manually occasionally. No clock, sound, rewind or chat! Additionally the video stream must be restarted every so often. This exhibit has gentoos, king penguins, and northern rockhoppers. The gentoos just finished an exciting season of pebble nesting, breeding, and molting. There used to be a dedicated rockhopper cam but it was taken down. The main thing to watch for here currently is that there is an egg from the king penguins, the first in 17 years! The parents are Sir Nils, an officially knighted king penguin with a purple flipper band, and Connie, who has a yellow flipper band. They trade off with the egg and can usually be found hanging out in the corner below the camera; however they usually cannot be seen unless the camera is pointing down.
Mystic Aquarium - Outdoor, stationary midrange camera; Connecticut, US. No clock, sound, rewind or chat. African penguin exhibit. Three chicks born in spring, now with the colony. Stream currently blocked off.
Pittsburgh Zoo - Indoor, stationary midrange camera; Pennsylvania, US. Gentoo and macaroni penguins. Has rewind and chat but no clock or sound. There is a macaroni penguin here named Mickey who is 41 years old which is one of the oldest macaroni penguins in North America. There is also a gentoo here with one flipper named Floppy.
Moody Gardens Penguin Cam LIVE - Indoor, stationary midrange camera; Galveston, Texas, US. Has rewind and chat but no clock or sound. King, chinstrap, gentoo, macaroni, and northern rockhopper penguins.
Penguin Webcam at St Louis Zoo - Indoor, stationary midrange camera; Missouri, US. Has no clock, rewind, sound, or chat. King, gentoo, and southern rockhopper penguins.
Hamptons.com LIVE! Penguin Cam w/ Calming Spa & Meditation Sounds - Indoor, stationary medium-close camera; Riverhead, New York, US. African penguins. Relaxing music.
California Academy of Sciences: Biologist View / Underwater View - Indoor, stationary midrange cameras; San Francisco, CA, US. No sound, no rewind, no clock. African penguins.
Aquarium of the Pacific - Indoor, stationary midrange camera; Long Beach, California, US. Has chat and rewind but no clock or sound. Magellanic penguins.
The Cliffside Penguin Village - Outdoor, stationary midrange camera; Komoro City Zoo, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Clock, no rewind, stream is somewhat laggy. Humboldt penguins.
Adventure World - Indoor. This channel is for a penguin exhibit in Japan with many different species. Has posted daily videos of chicks being raised, notably an emperor penguin chick last year and a little penguin chick over the summer.
Zoos Victoria - Outdoor exhibit for little blue penguins; Melbourne Zoo, Victoria, Australia. Ground level camera, tends to get dirty easily.
Viva la Banda pinguinos!
Hello penguin gang! Or as I say with my Argentinian friends, aló banda de pingüinos!
These chicks in the Oamaru nest who were born four weeks ago have grown quite a bit! Long gone are the days of nestling under mom and dad. They are fully in post guard stage now, with both parents usually going out to fish during the day to feed their ravenous babies. Here are a couple clips I took from the stream, before dinner and after dinner… first dinner that is; on a good night these chicks will get some servings from both parents, and the parents seem to know how to space out feedings, even though their kids seem like bottomless pits. Sometimes they may arrive back from the ocean at different times, but they will also spend more time outside the nest as space becomes less available and to encourage the kids to explore more.
One of the things I find cutest about this stage of the chick’s life is when they try to find their adult penguin voice. As with all penguin species, chicks and adults each have a distinctive set of noises. Chicks are very chirpy, whereas adults have a more pronounced, trumpet or donkey like call, with many variations and a surprising volume range. The chick’s first attempts are still high-pitched, but they will learn how to project with practice. In this video, we can see one of the chicks trying at the 7:47pm timestamp, as well as another one at 8:44:15pm and the other chick at 8:45:30pm. In the second clip, an adult call can be heard from very close outside the nest in between the chicks testing out theirs, perhaps encouraging the youngsters. This is how penguins communicate after all!
More updates/recaps to come on other nests/streams!
Good morning penguin gang! The livestream from about 1000km off the southern coast of New Zealand is back up and awaiting the return of its yellow crested seabird residents. From the Tawaki Project:
“The countdown is on! 🐧
First user to report a penguin back on Antipodes Island wins a Tawaki Project T-shirt. Just hit Report the 1st Penguin! on the tawaki.cam website the moment you spot one.”
The livestream connection reportedly drops out occasionally; they have diagnosed the issue but cannot go out to do the required manual fixed until December.
The illustrious eye-browed penguins have been out at sea fishing for the last 4-5 months but expected to come back very soon!
Taken today, we can see the band colors for Sir Nils (purple) and Connie (yellow). Sir Nils does some wing flapping before a couple of bachelor kings wander into the vicinity. They are told to keep moving by the expecting penguin parents.
Video taken last night, where it looks like our king penguin dad is saying, “I’m ready for egg duty!”
These eggs were laid last week, on the 24th and 27th of August, 2026.
Check out the livestream on YouTube here
There are lots of details on the nest and egg timeline in the video description
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Hello penguin gang! We have another set of eggs and one is beginning to break open over at the second Napier Port livestream,
Keeping Up With The Korora - Camera 2
As the parent begins to sense the hatching, they become more restless and rotate the eggs more often. Over the next 8-12 hours, we will see more breakage as the tiny penguin works to emerge. Hopefully the partner returns soon after to deliver the chick’s first meal!
Here you can see a glimpse of the king penguin egg! I’m not exactly confident about which one of the penguins here is mother/father but I know that Sir Nils is the dad. If I remember correctly, it was determined that in the Edinburgh Zoo penguin exhibit system the ID band on the left flipper indicates female and ID band on the right flipper indicates male. So I think that mom is currently incubating the egg.
Hello penguin gang!
The content of this video is mostly the two resident chicks of this nest spending time on their own, as they are fully in the post guard stage. However there is also a clip at 1 minute 39 seconds of one of the parents entering the nest for dinnertime (I think it is Mr Blue), followed by four chicks!
Meet the Neighbors
At this age, some of the chicks are exploring outside around their nests and all of them are quite ravenous, so returning adults with food will get swarmed and followed by chicks that aren’t even their kids! Somehow the parents have an idea of which ones are theirs and will only feed those ones. Neighbor kids will sometimes get nipped and shooed away. The neighbor kids can be differentiated here because they are starting to lose their baby fluff.
At the end of this video we have the resident chicks giving some curious pecks to the camera.
Good morning penguin gang! EGG-citing news out of Edinburgh!
Side note: I have fallen off with the “Gentoo Gazebo-burgh” update series, but the short of it is that the chicks have ‘fledged’, the gazebos have been retired, and the adult gentoos are going through their annual catastrophic molt.
Hello penguin gang! We have finally come to what I see as the conclusion of the last season from the cameras of Isla Tova. This was taken in the afternoon rather than the morning. At this time of day the Magellan penguins are coming out of the water and up the beach towards the camera, hopefully with bellies full of fish. The focus of this video is the teenage penguins, which have not developed a stripe along their bellies and have more white feathering on their face than the adults.
At about 2 minutes, we can see the group get closer to the camera, and there are six chicks that are staying relatively close together! This is reminiscent of the six chicks that would hang out together at the nest before they fledged of course. Are they the same chicks? Impossible to say for certain but I like to believe that the penguin gang sticks together.
Viva la Banda de Pinguinos!
I do have some more videos of the adult Magellan penguins returning to their nest a couple months after this, but I will be taking a break from the Rewilding Argentina videos. We also have the YouTube channel, Banda de pingüinos, which has many videos of the nests over the course of last season. The Magellan penguins and livestream should be returning in October, when the penguins return for another breeding season.