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	Hinterland Who's Who - Northern Gannet
		At the end of March, thousands of Northern Gannets leave the southeastern coast of the United States and migrate north to nest on half a dozen islands and capes of the island of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		As the gannet prepares to dive, its air cells are inflated to cushion its body when it strikes the water.
		However, after hunting gannets and gathering their eggs were outlawed, the population at the Canadian gannetries gradually recovered to total 87 900 breeding birds by 1990.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=58 (2175 words)

	Northern Gannet
		ABOUT US he lone representative of the Booby family in Gloucester area, the Northern Gannet is without a doubt one of the most spectacular seabirds you might encounter on a whale watching trip to Stellwagen Bank or Jeffrey's Ledge.
		Gannets, like Fulmars, are most abundant in the winter but are still quite common during the Spring and Fall.
		In windless conditions, or when they have bellies full of fish, birds with large aspect ratios such as the Northern Gannets may be unable to take-off and have to resort to diving to escape approaching boats or aerial predators such as Jaegers.
	www.7seas-whalewatch.com /northern_gannet.htm (533 words)

	CalWilliamsPhoto - powered by smugmug
		The Northern Gannet colony at Parc national de I'Ile-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Perce at the end of the Gaspe peninsula in Quebec, Canada is the largest in North America.
		Gannets are allocated by instinct an 80-centimeter circle in the colony.
		Although gannets do not build as evident a nest as other species (the egg and the chick are held on the tops of the parent's feet) they do occasionally collect nesting materials to present to their mates upon their return to the nesting site.
	calw.smugmug.com /gallery/2064715/2/104510509 (810 words)

	Marcel Granger — Northern Gannet
		The gannet is pure white except for the fl tipped wings and the yellowish hue on its head.
		Often seen with gulls, the northern gannet is distinguished from them by a longer bill, head and neck, its sharply defined wings and a generally more streamlined body.
		Although they are usually silent, the gannets will quarrel with loud, harsh warnings and complaints to defend their nests during periods of breeding.
	www.lino.com /~marcelg/fouba_an.htm (289 words)

	Northern Gannet
		Gannets nest on steep cliffs of Canada’s east coast.
		The nests are large, between 30 cm to 60 cm high, are made from a mixture of vegetation, seaweed, feathers, and earth, and may be cemented with guano.
		The North American gannets winter at sea, from Virginia to southern Florida, and return to their breeding grounds in early April.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/gannet.htm (124 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Sulidae - Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
		Habitat: The Gannet is an Oceanic bird nesting on the rocky shores of northern North America and Europe.
		Gannets have an elaborate mating behavior involving bowing and the clashing of bills.
		Gannets are usually silent, but have a series of grunts and croaks during the breeding season.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/pelican/Mbass.htm (273 words)

	Northern Gannet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, formerly Sula bassana) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae.
		The largest colony of this bird, with over 60,000 birds, is found on Bonaventure Island, Quebec, but 68% of the world population breeds around the coasts of Great Britain, with the largest colony on Boreray, St Kilda.
		Although Northern Gannet populations are now stable, their numbers were once greatly reduced due to loss of habitat, removal of eggs and killing of adults.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Gannet (307 words)

	Northern Gannet
		The Northern Gannet is the largest seabird in the North Atlantic.
		Gannets often perform dramatic plunge dives from high in the sky to catch fish up to depths of 20m and can stay submerged for over half a minute.
		The Northern Gannet is endemic to the North Atlantic and most breed in Britain and Ireland.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /page-2875 (349 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Northern Gannet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Northern Gannets occur in eastern North America and western and northern Europe.
		Gannets are easily identified in flight because they are "pointed" at all four ends.
		This Northern Gannet was photographed at the Cape St. Mary's gannetry in Newfoundland, Canada.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/gann1-h.htm (128 words)

	New England Seabirds - Northern Gannet Sula bassana
		Juvenile (first year) birds are gray brown with white spots on upper wings and back as shown in the lower left of the painting at the top of the page.Notice the white u shape path in the tail.
		Unlike other members of the bobby family, Northern Gannets never rest on land away from the breeding colony.
		Immature Northern Gannet photographed on the beach by Steve Mirick and used with his permission.
	www.neseabirds.com /gannet.htm (465 words)

	Gannet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The three gannet species are now usually placed in the genus Morus, Abbott's Booby in Papasula, and the remaining boobies in Sula, but some authorities consider that all nine sulid species should be considered congeneric, in Sula.
		In the United Kingdom, gannets are a protected species.
		However, a legal exception is made for the inhabitants of the town of Ness (also known as Port Nis) of the Isle of Lewis who are allowed to cull up to 2,000 gannets (locally known as guga) annually to serve as a traditional local delicacy - the taste is described as fishy [1][2][3].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gannet (659 words)

	Gannet Sounds
		There are 6 audio clip matches for 'Gannet'.
		"The gannets are part of the family Sulidae.
		This is a group of seabirds, which is closely related to the boobies".
	www.junglewalk.com /sound/Gannet-sounds.htm (96 words)

	Immature Northern Gannet in Inland Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire in late spring 2002
		Immature Northern Gannet in Inland Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire in late spring 2002
		An immature Northern Gannet Sula bassana was discovered on Pit 58 in Cotswold Water Park (Gloucs) at 8.00pm on 25th May 2002.
		Since 1951, 38 Northern Gannets have been recorded in Gloucestershire (inland) and the records of these are detailed below by Mike King.
	www.birder.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Gannet.htm (862 words)

	Grand Manan, NB & Perce, Gaspe, QC. September 2005 Photo Gallery by golfpic at pbase.com
		Beth J. Harpaz writes this about the gannets on Ile Bonaventure: "The seasonal inhabitants of this island are noisy.
		They form the largest gannet colony in North America and the second-largest in the world (the other is in Scotland).
		Northern Gannets line the cliffs of Ile Bonaventure island
	www.pbase.com /golfpic/northern_gannet_and_right_whale (252 words)

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		The Northern Gannet breeds in the North Atlantic off the western coast of Europe, the eastern coast of Canada, and the coasts of Iceland.
		Although similar in appearance to the Australian Gannet, the Cape Gannet is found along the southern coast of Africa.
		This species is the most varied from the other gannets and boobies, both in anatomy and behavior.
	www.personal.psu.edu /students/m/u/mul132/Locations.htm (447 words)

	Gannet - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gannet - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Adults are large and bright white with fl wingtips.
		Big island colonies on St Kilda, the Northern Isles and Bass Rock in Scotland and Grassholm in Wales.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/g/gannet/index.asp (248 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		The only northern member of the booby family, the Northern Gannet is one of the most spectacular sea birds.
		During migrations gannets may be observed offshore, either gliding above the water or diving into the sea after fish, sometimes plunging headlong from heights as great as 50 feet (15 meters) or more.
		Gannets, like boobies, engage in an elaborate series of breeding displays.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0007 (232 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Northern Gannet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Today it is common in spring and fall off southwestern Nova Scotia and along the Atlantic coast, as migrants pass to and from their nesting grounds in Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		Bird Rocks was the largest gannet colony in the world in the early nineteenth century, with over 100,000 pairs.
		Three colonies were completely exterminated during the nineteenth century: Perroquet Island, near the Strait of Belle Isle, and the two "Gannet Rocks" on the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia sides of the Bay of Fundy.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0024.htm (714 words)

	All About Birds
		Most plunge-dives are relatively shallow, but the Northern Gannet can dive as deep as 22 meters (72 feet).
		In North America, the Northern Gannet breeds in only six well established colonies: three in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Québec, and three in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland.
		In the eastern North Atlantic, it is distributed in 32 colonies from the coast of Brittany in France northward to Norway.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Gannet.html (192 words)

	An Ohio (USA) Northern Gannet from December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As mentioned last night, a first-year Northern Gannet was picked up barely alive in Tiffin on Tuesday.
		I paged through all my fieldguides and all I could come up with was a Northern Gannet.
		At least she will end up in a Museum situation, to be a source of learning and appreciation by many.
	www.aves.net /rarities/nogannet-tiffin-dec02.html (379 words)

	Gannet (Northern Gannet)
		The Gannet is the biggest, and most conspicuous, seabird native to the North Atlantic.
		New colonies are likely to be established and these can take off very quickly to reach several hundred nests in a dozen years or so.
		Clearly these new colonies are occupied by birds bred elsewhere — survival and productivity are high and Gannets exploit fishing discards.
	www.birdcare.com /bin/showsonb?gannet (238 words)

	Gannet Posters at AllPosters.com
		A Northern Gannet Seems to Hover in Mid-Air Above a Rookery
		Northern Gannets (Sula Bassanus) Roost on Bonaventure Island
		Northern Gannets Flying and Roosting Near the Shore
	www.allposters.com /-st/Gannet-Posters_c644_s56045_.htm (86 words)

	"Northern Gannet" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Northern Gannet, is a large marine bird that can reach 102 cm in length.
		It lives along saltwater coastlines and does not go far from the sea.
		Habitat: Open seas...nests on northern rocky sea cliffs.
	www.zonianlady.com /gannet/gannet.html (267 words)

	Northern Gannet, Cape Lookout National Seashore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gannets can fly hundreds of miles out to sea.
		(The image at left is of a gannet's head.
		You can also see a portion of the arm of the person who is holding the gannet.)
	www.nps.gov /calo/gannet.htm (93 words)

	Prince Edward Island: About the Northern Gannet
		The following locations are good places to start if your interested in viewing members of the Northern Gannet species.
		These photographs are provided to help you identify members of the Northern Gannet species and are provided here courtesy of the individual photographers, who retain copyright.
		These websites are maintained by other organizations, and when you click on the links below, you'll be visiting their websites, not ours.
	www.gov.pe.ca /birds/onebird.php3?number=14 (202 words)

	ABA Directory of Pelagic Birding Trips in North America ~ Resources ~ ABA
		April: Sooty, Manx Shearwaters; Northern Fulmar; Northern Gannet; Razorbill; Common Murre; Dovekie; Atlantic Puffin; Red Phalarope; Parasitic, Pomarine Jaegers; Glaucous, Iceland, Lesser Black-backed Gulls; Black-legged Kittiwake.
		October: Northern Fulmar; Greater Manx Shearwaters; Northern Gannet; Red, Red-necked Phalarope; Pomarine, Parasitic Jaeger; South Polar Skua; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Black-legged Kittiwake.
		On prior trips: Northern Fulmar; Short-tailed, Black-vented, Pink-footed, Sooty Shearwaters; Pomarine, Parasitic Jaegers; rocky-coast shorebirds; Xantus's Murrelet; Cassin's and Rhinoceros Auklets; Gray Whales and dolphins.
	www.americanbirding.org /resources/pelagics.html (2296 words)

	Northern Gannet - GFXartist.com - Served over 20,000,000 artworks
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	ogu.gfxartist.com /artworks/133781 (244 words)

	Back to the Wild Gallery - Northern Gannet
		I quickly snatched him away, eager to have him help identify the bird in my freezer.
		He said there have only been three actual specimens found in the last century in Ohio.
		This was last modified on January 19, 2003.
	backtothewild.com /bttwpages/northerngannet.html (845 words)

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