Muriwai Gannet Colony

The children like it very much, it's really great! Although the road is a bit boring, because after all, it takes more than an hour to drive, but it feels worth it when you get there! Beach, geese, sea, everything, very good. When the last time, the children can also play in a play gound for a while, very happy! ! ! The only minor drawback is that bird shit is a bit stinky.

Muri Huaitang Goose Habitat is commonly known as Bird Island, 45 kilometers west of Auckland, and Muriwai is known in Maori as Muriwai. It was once named one of the world's 30 great views by the famous American National Geographic Magazine. Muriwai Beach Murihuai Beach, about 45 minutes drive. The area is a landscape created by an undersea volcanic eruption, so the sandy beach is covered with black rock and fine sand, and is a favorite for surfers and tourists. Bird Island, a nature reserve specially designated by the New Zealand government, is actually a rock community on the coast, with a boulder in the central area pulling up from the sea, much like a large sawn-off stump, and the steep rock on the sea. Very a bit of a powerful, Junlang temperament. Every August to April, the geese in the pond breeding season, the young birds are preyed by their parents after their shells are released, and they practice flying under the leadership of the adult birds. After the young birds grow to 15-16 weeks, they will face a severe test. Without parents, 280 kilometers alone migrated to Australian waters, and the mortality rate was 70% to 80%. The brave pond geese arrived at the age of 2 to 3 years old with plump feathers and bright colors. They flew back to their birthplace and continued to reproduce their children. Then they finally returned to their hometown. It was a great miracle of life for the migratory birds of the pond geese.

Today I visited the northwestern island of Auckland - Murray Wai Island. Because thousands of tang geese hatch here every year, they fly back to Australia together in March next year, so there is also a bird island called. Tang geese are small albatrosses, and the bird language is willing to win the heart, and the white head is not separated. Bird Island is still a famous black beach, the sand is particularly soft, and it is also a paradise for surfers.

There is such a place on Murray Beach in Auckland, where tens of thousands of geese nest in such small rock walls. They can be reached here. The first four pictures are taken from the observation deck in Figure 8. Figure 1~3 squatting under each squatting geese.

Murray Huai Tang Goose is located on New Zealand's North Island. There are beautiful and unique black sand beaches, and flocks of tang goose come here to reproduce. It is one of New Zealand's famous tourist attractions and many locals come here for the weekend. Many locals can see kites, barbecues, parties and the like by the sea. In the surf season, there will also be many surfers coming here to rub their fists because there will be wind and waves here. It attracts thousands of tourists to visit here every year. It is worth checking in and recommending.

Every year, the geese come here to breed the next generation, they are a seabird, laying their eggs in the rock seams, and when the birds fly, they will fly away in groups. We are fortunate to catch up with this opportunity. The sea is the same color, the white seabirds fly to the blue sky and sometimes rush to the sea, the scenery is beautiful. The sea under the sunset becomes golden and very charming.

Muriwai Beach, Also known as Bird Island, west of Auckland. Blue sky, white clouds and clear water, black beach, so beautiful ～ The sand is probably high in iron and glitters in the sun. There are many people fishing, barbecuing or surfing in the shallow sea.

At a whim, I decided to go out for a ride and drive more than 40 kilometers from the city to the famous muriwai beach, which is Bird Island. Walking on the beach, listening to the bird's eye view and the waves, as if all the troubles were swept away