Tony Pratt

Archive for the ‘Gannets’ Category

Dec
12

Free the Gannet

Filed Under Fall 2009, Gannets

I was able to help a friend release a juvenile Northern Gannet back into the wild today. It had been rescued in northern New Jersey and brought back to good health at Tri-State Bird Rescue in northern Delaware. The Gannet enjoyed regaining its freedom and flew out over Delaware Bay immediately upon release.

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Mar
28

Gliding Gannet

Filed Under Gannets, Spring 2009

This series of three photographs shows a Northern Gannet gliding over the waves and dipping a wing into the ocean.

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Mar
23

Northern Gannet

Filed Under Gannets, Spring 2009

Northern Gannets, with their comical faces, group up by the thousands at this time of year on the ocean just offshore of the beach.  This one was on the lookout for a little fish food late this afternoon.

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