obsessedwithpenguins

I'll be on my honeymoon in Patagonia in a few days... I'm wondering if anyone can assist me to find out if there's a chance of seeing it that far south? In a place that's notreally affected by light pollution. No amount of google-fu is helping with this answer.

Reading your AMA and looking at your album has been inspiring! I have been a life long admirer of penguins (and birds/animals in general) and have always dreamt of seeing them in the wild. I had also dreamed of working with them, but that dream has now been shattered by forces out of my control. I have volunteered at my local Audubon Society's Wildlife Care Center, so I've at least been able to help with the rehabilitation of birds/bunnies/skunks. But penguins aren't in the US, and it's not the same seeing or working with them in an aquarium/zoo.

So now, my fiancé and I are planning a honeymoon for me to finally make this dream come true (November through April are the best times to see penguins on shore because of they're breeding, so this is what we're shooting for). I've narrowed down to Santiago, Chile mainly because of all the opportunities to see Rockhopper, Macaroni, Magellanic and Humboldt penguins there, because of how much cheaper it is to get there from the Pacific NW in the US, and of course because it's much cheaper all around - more bang for our buck! But now an idea has popped into my noggin'...

Could I work for you? I'd love to talk to you about, perhaps, helping you out in some capacity during my honeymoon, if we were to choose Victoria, Australia instead. I have been giving thought to it anyway since I've heard wonderful things about Phillip Island Nature Park and their Penguin Parade. I do realize the chance of penguins being in your care at the time of my trip, regardless of when, is small, but to help a "mom and pop" set-up would be more appealing to me anyway.

I've sent you a PM with this as well, but I thought I'd put out a comment in the off chance you see this first.