GANNETS BACK EARLY
Wingiug westward out of a cold win i tor sky, tho first llights of gannets are j relurning to Hupe Kidiiapper siuictuary ! nearly a inonth earlier than usual from j their anmjal overseas migration. Afr. j 1). (1. Williams, an honorary ranger oi i Ihe Cajie Kidiiapper Sanctuary Board, said that this season tli birds were returning earlier than for some years past. The population of the gaiwicl sanctuary has increased rapidly in ro cenl years and the binls have been I'orced to seok additional aceoiiinioda tion in ihe vicinity of the cape. Severn I seasons ago Ihe birds established tliemseh es a separate subrcolony on Black lteef, disputing tlie residential rights of blaek-liead lerns, deiieate, daintv, red-legged tara-ponoa, aiul the inoi'e conuuoit-placo rugged seagulJs. While the large, mottled eggs are hatihiug, and the sanctuary be.comes a large-scale nursery, the gannets beeome exeeptionally suvage, niaking (ieree tlirusts witli their long beaks at any who dares to approaeh their unpretentious nests of driftwood and seaweed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1946, Page 2
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167GANNETS BACK EARLY Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1946, Page 2
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