'Guins!
"Patagonia's Marine Menagerie: The plains of Patagonia in Argentina are dry and rugged; almost every bush bristles with thorns. But where the plains meet the Atlantic Ocean, there's an explosion of life. Armies of sea animals haul themselves ashore to breed and bear young. In this National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's Christopher Joyce visits two biologists studying the region's wildlife. Every summer at Argentina's Punta Tombo, hundreds of thousands of Magellanic penguins claim a 10-mile stretch of coastline."
One of the two is University of Washington's Dee Boersma whose research is being charted right over here at her Penguin Studies website. And -- holy sardines, Batman! -- she actually does a penguin sight-seeing tour. A month-long cruise down south to see and smell the wee birds first-hand. Okay, if I had known ten years ago...