New Zealand Gannet

Robyn Carter

New Zealand Gannet

  • wingspan up to 180 cm * overall length 90 cm * a single egg is laid around September/October/November * incubation time about 44 days * chicks stay in the colony until February/March * the birds then migrate to Australia, returning after 2-6 years * it is said that (after weeks of furious flapping of wings on land)
    the first flight of the juvenile birds takes them to their destination
    more than 2000 km away.

Canon 20D

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New Zealand Gannet by Robyn Carter
New Zealand Gannet by Robyn Carter

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