Birds


Artwork by Gina Mikel: Snares Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli

Snares Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli), 2025

Snares penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is a watercolor by Gina on a penguin page of her 2025 bird journal. Yellow plumes sweep back from each brow above a stout orange-red bill, with pink feet below. The species nests only on the Snares Islands off New Zealand, often under forest cover rather than on bare rock.