Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - Canada - With

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - Canada - With nesting materials - Large white seabird with long black tipped wings and pointed tail - Six foot wingspan - High-diving - Noted for sudden headlong plunges after prey - Feeds on shoaling pelagic fish especially herring-mackeral-sprat and sandeels - Found over open ocean often close to shore and in loose groups - Numbers increasing globally after earlier persecution by man- Often rests on water - Breeds in large colonies on rocky cliffs - Winters at sea - Breeds both sides of Atlantic - Pairs mate for life - Reunite every year at the breeding colony - Have evolved an elaborate series of pair bonding displays - Nest constructed of algae and earth etc. held together with excretia - Lays one egg - Incubation 44 days - Fledging around 90 days - First breeds at four to five years

230120 Algae Bassanus Bonding Cliffs Colonies Colony Constructed Days Displays Elaborate Feeds Fledging Foot Found Gannet Held Herring Increasing Incubation Lays Loose Mackeral Mate Materials Morus Numbers Pelagic Persecution Plunges Pointed Rests Sandeels Series Shoaling Sides Sudden Tipped Wingspan Winters Years

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