Camera shows 2nd hatched penguin at National Aviary

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A web camera has captured images of the second of two African penguins hatching at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.

Aviary officials spotted the second chick for the first time today. But they say the nesting behavior of the parents suggests the chick was likely hatched Thursday.

A sibling was hatched Monday.

The new chick brings to 18 the number of endangered African penguins in the aviary’s Penguins Point exhibit. Scientists estimate fewer than 20,000 of the birds exist in the wild.

The public can monitor the baby penguins’ progress at www.penguinnestcam.org and visitors to the aviary can watch the parents, Sidney and Bette, sharing nesting duties.

The chicks will be named after DNA tests can determine their gender in a few weeks. Their father is named for Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby.