A web camera has captured images of the first of two African penguins hatching at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.
Monday's birth brings to 17 the number of endangered African penguins in the aviary's Penguins Point exhibit. A second egg is expected to hatch this week. Scientists estimate fewer than 20,000 of the birds exist in the wild.
The public can monitor the penguins at www.penguinnestcam.org and see the parents, Sidney and Bette, sharing nesting duties. The father, Sidney, is named for Sidney Crosby, the star of the city's National Hockey League team, the Penguins.
The chicks will be named after DNA tests can determine their gender a few weeks after birth.
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