Gannet chicks ready to break free
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Save The first gannet chick of the season. Photo/supplied.
Summer is here and the season's first gannet chick has been spotted at Black Reef colony.
It might be the only one out and about, but there will soon be another 8000 new additions to the four colonies at Cape Kidnappers.
Gannet Beach Adventures owners Kim and Colin Lindsay have
seen the first chicks of the season.
Gannet chicks were born hairless, and remained nestled under their mothers until a feathery down grew over their bodies, Mr Lindsay said.
There could be a lot more chicks but they were hard to spot.