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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
James Parker

Solar-powered love-machine results in rare baby penguin

The ruckus of barking penguin calls played through the speakers of a solar-powered love-machine, perched on coastal cliffs on the NSW Far South Coast, has resulted in the hatching of a wild baby penguin.

It's the first of its kind since the original colony became extinct in the early 1990s due to development, east coast lows which flooded sea gutters and burrows, domestic dogs, and the invasive fox.

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