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
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Hello, spring!
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National Aviation Day
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Batten down the hatches
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International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
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Here comes summer
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Fibonacci Day
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Ravens
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It’s Draw a Bird Day
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Happy Mother’s Day
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Daylight saving time
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A whale of a picture
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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Wanderin Wawayanda
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World Water Day
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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Native American Heritage Month
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Happy International Beaver Day!
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Children at play for International Day of Friendship
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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The Crown of the Continent
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Wander the ancient medina
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World Bamboo Day
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