Northern Gannet Photos
I had some time one February morning to spend at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge on the coast of Alabama. There were tornado warnings the night before, and there was a very strong northwest wind blowing.
Northern gannet Morus bassanus
Identification Tips:
Length: 31 inches Wingspan: 70 inches
Sexes similar
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Large bird that dives for fish from air
Takes 4 years to reach adult plumage
Largest booby ...
Northern Gannet
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Northern Gannet ( Morus bassanus )
Northern Gannet, Bonaventure Island, Near Perce, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec
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Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus.
The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird that grows to lengths of 32in-35in (81cm-89cm) and weights of 1lb-6.5lb (0.5kg-3kg).
Northern Gannets feed primarily on surface-dwelling fish, such as herring and mackerel. To catch them, a gannet will dive from heights up to about 43 m (141 ft.), plummeting into the water at great speed and with considerable force.
Northern Gannets in New York Waters
...Or These Blasts From The Past
Black-crowned Night-Heron Eating a Fish
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Willets in the Mist
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USDA Blackbird Management ...
Northern Gannet
Sula bassanus (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient, uncommon in summer. Formerly bred. In the nineteenth century there was a small colony on Gannet Rock off Yarmouth (Bryant 1857).
The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird and is the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae.
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Northern Gannet
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
Juveniles seen all summer, Adults in late August - October, Breeds Canada Maritimes and Newfoundland., ...
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus. Common in winter. Fairly common to uncommon in spring and fall. Rare in summer. Found in the Gulf and along outer coast.
Pelicans - Family Pelecanidae ...
Northern Gannet - Cape Gannet - Australasian Gannet
Darters (family: Anhingidae - genus Anhinga)
Genus ...
Northern Gannet
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Spring Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Sula bassana - Northern Gannet
Sula leucogaster - Brown Booby
Sula nebouxii - Blue-footed Booby
Sula dactylatra - Masked Booby (photo)
Sula sula - Red-footed Booby
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax carbo - Great Cormorant ...
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
(aka Northern Gannet Sula bassanus)
Scotland ...
The adults can be identified by their long central tail feathers and are usually seen far out to sea. They lack the throat pouch found in the other families of this order.
Species in this family:
Northern Gannet (Sula bassanus) ...
Morus bassanus, Northern Gannet
Morus capensis, Cape Gannet
Morus serrator, Australian Gannet
Mugil cephalus, Striped Mullet
Mugil gyrans, Fantail Mullet
Mulloidichthys martinicus, Yellow Goatfish
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, Yellowstripe Goatfish ...
 See also: Gannet, Petrel, Cormorant, Shearwater, Storm-Petrel
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