Black footed penguins

This story takes place at the New York Aquarium, specifically at the Black footed Penguins, otherwise known as the Jack ass Penguins because their call sounds like a donkey, exhibit. I was at work for my first summer as a Docent*. My Volunteer Coordinator was doing the usual rounds in the morning to check that we were at our posts and what lunches we were taking. She decided to take a pit stop a t the Black footed Penguins exhibit to watch the feeding that was taking place. After a couple of minutes of watching the penguins, she looked up and to her left. She got spooked. For about 10 seconds, she thought that there was a penguin on top of the rocks next to her. It was really a Laughing Seagull. Just in case people are wondering what a Laughing Seagull is, It is the Seagull with the black heads.

*Docent means volunteer teacher. I started volunteering at the age of 14. We, the docents, go through training, followed by writing a paper about an animal. If we complete that by the end of training then we are allowed to volunteer. Each year after, we are only required to turn in a paper.