Camera set to capture birth of penguins in Pittsburgh

Dec 12, 2014

PITTSBURGH —A high-resolution, infrared camera is set up, ready to capture the pending births of two penguins at the National Aviary on the North Side.

 

Sidney The Penguin

 

 PITTSBURGH —A high-resolution, infrared camera is set up, ready to capture the pending births of two penguins at the National Aviary on the North Side.

 The aviary said that the eggs were laid about a month ago, and they are expected to hatch sometime next week in a nesting cave at the Penguin Point exhibit.

Live video from the penguin cam is streaming now at penguinnestcam.org.
The parents, Sidney and Bette, had two other sets of chicks at the zoo in 2012 and last year.
Sidney was named after another Pittsburgh penguin -- hockey star Sidney Crosby.

The Penguin Point exhibit encompasses 17 African penguins. There are fewer than 20,000 of them currently living in the wild.

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