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Gannets: Northern Gannet, Cape Gannet, Australasian Gannet


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Chapters: Northern Gannet, Cape Gannet, Australasian Gannet. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sula bassana The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, formerly Sula bassana) is a seabird and is the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae. Young birds are dark brown in their first year, and gradually acquire more white in subsequent seasons until they reach maturity after five years. Adults are 81110 cm (3243 in) long, weigh 2.2-3.6 kg (4.8-7.9 lbs) and have a 165180 cm (6571 in) wingspan. Before fledging, the immature birds (at about 10 weeks of age) can weigh more than 4 kg (8.8 lbs). Their plumage is white with black wing tips. The bill is light bluish. The eye is light blue, and it is surrounded by bare, black skin. During breeding, the head and neck are brushed in a delicate yellow. Northern gannets circling above the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth, Scotland Colony on "Bird Rock," Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, CanadaTheir breeding range is the North Atlantic. They normally nest in large colonies, on cliffs overlooking the ocean or on small rocky islands. The largest colony of this bird, with over 60,000 couples, is found on Bonaventure Island, Quebec, but 68% of the world population breeds around the coasts of Great Britain, with the largest colonies on the Bass Rock (whence the species' Latin name) and Boreray, St Kilda. 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 kill up to 2000 gannets (locally known as guga) annually to serve as a traditional local delicacythe taste is described as fishy. Many of these gannets are taken from Sula Sgeir which is itself named after them....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=25188


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158389032
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Northern Gannet, Cape Gannet, Australasian Gannet
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1158389035
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 50 gr


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