Graceful, powerful, and impossible to miss—the northern gannet is the largest seabird on the waters of the North Atlantic. It spends most of its time gliding over open seas and returning to land only to breed. These seabirds, known for their vast and noisy breeding colonies, called gannetries, nest on steep cliffs, remote rocky islands, and sea stacks that rise from the ocean.
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Today in History
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St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
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St. Patricks Day
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Harvest season begins
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A whale of a picture
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Waitangi Day in New Zealand
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World Migratory Bird Day
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International Sloth Day
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Here comes summer
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A notorious advocate for women
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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Black History Month
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Darwin s Arch
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Ready for takeoff
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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The first ascent
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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Christmas comes to New York City
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Salzburg, Austria
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Over and under the delta
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Burrowing owls
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Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
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A field of English lavender
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Rock formations at Sedona, Arizona
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Center-Val de Loire, France
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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National Park Week continues
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Bohemian waxwings in Canada
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Skyscraper Day
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Step into the dark
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