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Birds seen on sea-cliffs and rocky islands in the UK: Gannet |
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Audubon - Family XLI. Pelecaninae
Pelecans http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F41_G5a.html Read highly-detailed account by 19th century sailors regarding their encounters with the Northern Gannet. Includes line and colour-wash illustration of pair. |
| Birds in the Wild - Northern
Gannet http://www.oiseaux.ca/oiseau/goeland/foudebassan-a.html Study close-up colour photograph of pair nesting. Understand the subtle ochre and white graduation of plumage and shape of black-lined beak. |
| David Cahlander’s Nature
Photography - Northern Gannet http://pancho.cahlander.com/website/NF/species/Northern_Gannet-3.htm Find out more about this large sea bird by perusing colour images of the Northern Gannet in flight and nesting grounds. |
| Division of Science and
Technology - Gannets at Muriwai
http://www.scitec.auckland.ac.nz/~hafner/gannets/ Investigate the three gannet colonies at Muriwai, New Zealand, by reading a diary of observations. Also history of colony and colour photography. |
| Environment Canada - Northern
Gannet
http://pancho.cahlander.com/website/NF/species/Northern_Gannet-3.htm Browse observations of Northern Gannets in the Gulf of St. Lawrence from March to November. Also included location map of recent colonies. |
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Mango Verde - Northern Gannet
Morus Bassanus http://www.mangoverde.org/birdsound/spec/spec16-1.html Hear the call of this elegant sea bird and understand its flight pattern described with a series of colour images. |
| NYC Bird Report - Northern
Gannet http://www.nycbirdreport.com/sites/4/birds/6/bird26.html Peruse charts, up-dated every month, recording sightings of Northern Gannets in Breezy Point. Also chart plotting sightings from previous year. |
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Patuxent-Migratory Bird Research -
Northern Gannet http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/cbcra/h1170ra.html Appreciate the winter distribution of the Northern Gannet with map of US showing the average count from 1 to 100+. |
| Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds - Gannet http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/gannet/index.asp Digest physical description, breeding habits, wintering, and passage. RSPB includes details about where to sight and colour illustration. |
| Worcester County Tourism -
Gannets, Pelicans & Cormorants http://www.visitworcester.org/birding/gannet.html Recognise the incidence of Northern Gannet sightings compared with other similar birds in Worcester County, Maryland. Presented using an easy to read chart. |
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Birds on sea-cliffs & islands in the UK
