The gannets at Cape Kidnappers are well on their well to increasing their numbers for another year. I visited them two weeks ago to see if there were any eggs about and I wasn’t disappointed. According to the guide/bus driver they lay in a staggered pattern, so there were still many nest building and mating, […]
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Cape Kidnappers, Gannets
With the walking track to the gannets closed the only way to get to the Cape Kidnappers gannet colony is via Gannet Safaris – Overland. They have air-conditioned four wheel drive buses that take you through the Cape Kidnappers Station out to the colony. I have done this trip many times now and each time
It is a very busy time of year so I have been very slow at going through the images from our last visit to the Cape Kidnappers Gannets. My focus on the day was mainly on behaviour shots, as I didn’t want to have more of the same as I had taken in the past.
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Cape Kidnappers, Gannets
It has only been a year this time since I was out at the Cape Kidnapper’s gannet colony, but I wanted to try and get some images of smaller chicks and hopefully some eggs. I was a bit late for the eggs, there were only a few unhatched eggs in nests and they were not
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The trip out to the Cape Kidnappers colony is in an air conditioned 4 wheel drive bus and for me it is great. No real walking involved and we are parked within feet of the birds. I saw a lot of different behaviour with the Cape Kidnappers colony than I did at Muriwai. There is
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Cape Kidnappers, GannetsThe Cape Kidnappers Gannet Colony is one of my favourite places to photograph birds. The main reason for this is that I don’t have to walk anywhere and the birds are within touching distance of the camera and it doesn’t bother them. In a few square metres of ground you can see anything from a
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