Distinctive features: When flying, this seabird can be recognised by their fast and uniform wingbeats alternated with shorter glides. Up close, you’ll see that adult Nothern Gannets are mostly white ...

The northern gannet, Morus bassanus, is a large seabird with black-tipped wings spanning nearly 2m, a bright white body, and a yellow/buff head with a long straight bill. They live communally and nest ...

I’ll be the first to admit I know very little about birds. Looking at a checklist of birds of Newfoundland, and knowing the impressiveness of gannets diving, I am wondering if these are northern ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The northern gannet, a seabird that lives across the northern Atlantic Ocean, typically builds its nests from seaweed and other aquatic plants. But ...