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Gannets Colony At Muriwai (Explored)
Muriwai is located 45km from Auckland CBD. Muriwai is also home to a wide range of birds but it is the gannets (takapu) that most visitors come to see. Two viewing platforms provide great vantage points to take in the spectacular location and watch the gannets.
The birds return here between July and October to re-establish contact with their life-long mates. After mating, one egg is laid and incubated in shifts by both birds until the gannet chick is born, naked and blind, 45 days later.
December is an exciting time as chicks clamour for food and parents nosedive spectacularly into the water at up to 145km per hour in search of fish to feed their young. The colony is generally deserted during the late autumn and early winter.
-Information provided by Auckland Regional Council-
Happy Tuesday everyone !!
Gannets Colony At Muriwai (Explored)
Muriwai is located 45km from Auckland CBD. Muriwai is also home to a wide range of birds but it is the gannets (takapu) that most visitors come to see. Two viewing platforms provide great vantage points to take in the spectacular location and watch the gannets.
The birds return here between July and October to re-establish contact with their life-long mates. After mating, one egg is laid and incubated in shifts by both birds until the gannet chick is born, naked and blind, 45 days later.
December is an exciting time as chicks clamour for food and parents nosedive spectacularly into the water at up to 145km per hour in search of fish to feed their young. The colony is generally deserted during the late autumn and early winter.
-Information provided by Auckland Regional Council-
Happy Tuesday everyone !!