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chrisgin β€” Muriwai Gannet Colony

Published: 2009-12-23 10:11:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1304; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 0
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Description Sunset at Auckland's Muriwai beach.

About 1,200 pairs of gannets nest here from August to March each year. Each pair lays one egg and the parents take turns on the nest. A few weeks after hatching, the chicks begin to exercise their wings in preparation for the one-shot jump off the cliff.

Once airborne, the young gannets leave the colony and cross the Tasman Sea to Australia. A few years later, surviving birds return to secure a nest site at the colony.
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Comments: 11

farcry77 [2010-01-28 07:12:25 +0000 UTC]

The most wonderful natural texture I saw today

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Svision [2010-01-27 19:08:55 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful shot mate. I've already seen it on interfacelift and it's my current wall on my notebook!

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chrisgin In reply to Svision [2010-01-27 20:04:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks, glad you like it

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aFeinPhoto-com [2010-01-27 04:36:41 +0000 UTC]

Definitely NatGeo stuff. You have a winner here. Awesome comp and light. Kudos

aF

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chrisgin In reply to aFeinPhoto-com [2010-01-27 05:39:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks, glad you like it

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xXAurastarXx [2010-01-17 22:51:27 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!!

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PictureElement [2010-01-17 22:16:20 +0000 UTC]

Great composition and magic lgiht!

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lori77 [2010-01-04 22:29:59 +0000 UTC]

Colorful,beautiful place, natural, wonderful photo.

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SitkaReign [2009-12-24 08:24:47 +0000 UTC]

O’er the wild gannet’s bath
Come the Norse coursers!
O’er the whale’s heritance
Gloriously steering!

from O’er the Wild Gannet’s Bath
by George Darley

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carlywilliamson [2009-12-23 22:23:06 +0000 UTC]

beautiful photo!

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getcarter [2009-12-23 10:37:19 +0000 UTC]

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