Please, no-one tell me it is actually the latter.

Ship returning Happy Feet to Antarctica hits iceberg, sinks, no survivors – Gareth Morgan inconsolable.

e.g. headline:-

Disease ridden Happy Feet wipes out Antarctic Emperor Penguins – Gareth Morgan disconsolate.

I strolled along 100m of coastline today

Sample’s too small.

Bluffing? I’ll give him bluffing!
Where are those pesky penguins…

3.5 penguins per 1000km of coastline per annum = 9.6E-04 penguins per 100m per day.

I strolled along 100m of coastline today and did not observe that incidence of said “plague”.

I think you’re bluffing.
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A little chastened over the title although I do recall this:-

G.S. Williams says:
October 4, 2010 at 10:00 am

Just a couple of points.

Your header should be, “Filmed free for nothing”, The word “for” MUST be followed by a noun not an adjective. In the context of your header “free”, is an adjective. Also, the word “but” is superfluous in that context.

I hope that this is of help.

G.S. Williams.

http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2010/10/filmed-for-free-but-for-nothing/#comment-25038

(Actually just glad G.S. Williams picked on you and not me)

Many creatures visit New Zealand every day without being detected by us. We have computer models that show this quite clearly. For every Emperor penguin that we discover here, there are approximately 20 that we’re unaware of. The consensus among leading penguin scientists is that the penguin sensitivity is considered to be about 3.5 penguins per 1000km of coastline per annum. There’s a veritable plague of penguins trying to penetrate our coastwatch programme and establish a beachhead in what they consider, apparently, their favourite holiday destination.

Many succumb to the currents or the weather, of course, or are taken by sharks or orca. We never see them. But mark my words, if we let the survivors stay, our country will soon be ruined. They will breed every time the snow hits the coastline. Dogs will flock to the beaches for the easy meals and we’ll never keep them on the farms, where they belong. Our toddlers will be intimidated by these smartly-dressed birds and, overawed by their black and white sophistication, be forced to share their sandwiches and ice creams. Life will become a horror.

Stand up and be counted! Support our campaign to Keep All Penguins Out (KAPO) with a generous donation. Make our country safe once more

But I disagree with you: one penguin is evidence of cooling; it’s just not strongly persuasive. Perhaps, as evidence, it’s a few eggs short of a colony.