Free as her birds GIPSY JAN’S FLIGHTS OF FANCY
Being up close to the many thousands of breeding gannets that call Cape Kidnappers home is Jan Chisum’s second favourite activity. She loves their cheeky personalities, their somewhat clumsy walk and how they steal seaweed from one another’s nests.
And, when the gannet chicks born on this rugged Hawke’s Bay coastline are ready to make their maiden voyage to Australia, Jan nervously holds her breath as they lift off, and up, and glide away.
“It’s pretty fabulous watching the breeding pairs nest, their chicks hatch and
