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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 92, 12 January 1939, Page 11

Many thousands of starlings now roost each night, on Lusk’s Point :il: Bethell’s Buy, on the West. Coast, says the “New Zealand Herald.” Auckland. They arrive in one huge Hock from over the Waitakeres each evening at dusk, travelling approximately from the direction of Auckland, and, after circling the point several times, they settle for the night. They leave again at dawn. None are present on the headland during the day. Close by, many hundreds of shags live in holes in the inaccessible cliff face. This is one of the few places in lhe North Island where the grey sea-going shag, that is among the protected birds, may be found. In recent heavy westerly weather many young birds were blown from their shelters and perished, in the rough seas.