Important Bird Area
The cape has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it is a breeding site for over 3000 pairs of Australasian Gannets.
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Famous quotes containing the words important, bird and/or area:
“Minimize, eliminate, delegate, and routinize. Decide what’s important and forget the rest”
—Donna N. Douglass (20th century)
“The bird of Araby,
That potentially
May never die,”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)
“During the Civil War the area became a refuge for service- dodging Texans, and gangs of bushwhackers, as they were called, hid in its fastnesses. Conscript details of the Confederate Army hunted the fugitives and occasional skirmishes resulted.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)