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Northern Gannet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Northern Gannet ( Morus bassanus , formerly Sula bassana ) is a seabird and is the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae. Young birds are dark brown in their first year, and gradu...
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Learn how to identify Northern Gannet, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. Breeding in only a few large colonies along the North Atlantic, the Northern Gannet spends most of its life at sea. ... Northern Gannet Photo...
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The Northern Gannet is by far the most common booby from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. It is identifiable at great distances by its plunge-diving behavior and large size. The adults are easy to separate from other white boobies by the lack of black on the inner wings.
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Not only are Northern Gannets the largest seabirds in their range, they place among the most handsome. These sleek seafarers are, in their adult plumage, snow white tipped with black at the wings and crowned with a terrific toasted almond glow.
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Nesting colonies are on northern sea cliffs; one at Bonaventure Island, Quebec, has become a famous tourist destination. In winter off southern coastlines, the gleaming white adults may be outnumbered by brown and patchy immatures; it takes four years for gannets to attain full adult plumage.
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Unlike other members of the bobby family, Northern Gannets never rest on land away from the breeding colony. ... Pair Bonding; On the breeding grounds Gannets display interesting mating behaviors. Here a pair greet one another. Pair bonding endures from season to season.
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www.neseabirds.com/gannet.htm
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Range The Northern Gannet breeds only in the North Atlantic, in Britain, Ireland, Brittany, Norway, Faeroe, Iceland and Atlantic Canada. Our birds winter off the southeastern United States from Virginia to the Gulf of Mexico. ... On 9 August 1935 I visited this bleak spot to check on a report that gannets still nested there.
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Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus ... Common around the main European breeding areas of the British Isles, Iceland, Faeroes, Norway and Northern France. Occurs less frequently in the Mediterranean, reaching as far east as Egypt and Israel.
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