Maybe its just me, but its always sad when I find a dead marine bird, shark or something on the beach. I went for a walk along the Sacramento Trail at Schoenmakerskop and spotted this departed Cape Gannet from some distance away already. The rest of my group walked by without even a glance while I felt I just had to stop to reflect on its former beauty (and of cause snap a picture).
Bird Island (part of the Greater Addo Elephant National Park) in Algoa Bay is home to the biggest breeding colony of gannets in the world with about 160 000 pairs found there. They are often seen off the south coast when the sardines start to gather for the annual Sardine Run up the east coast.
I know you Need to hear this, so…Happy Halloween! Now go get dressed in strange clothes and eat Way too much candy that you begged from your neighbors. 😉
I forgot all about Halloween until a wet and bedraggled group of kids rang the bell at about 7 pm – luckily I had a packet of mearshmallows or else I may have been tricked! I love your macabre Halloween post. Most appropriate.
Nature is harsh. I find this sight sad too, Jonker. We visited the gannet colony at Lamberts Bay in 2007. Great experience.
A natural part of the story of life, even if harsh to see.