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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National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count
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A memorial in Germany
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Cinco de Mayo
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Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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Celebrating the Acadians
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International Leopard Day
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Back to the nest
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Driftwood on Boneyard Beach, Hunting Island, South Carolina
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Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
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From the mind of Frank Gehry
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Happy Hobbit Day
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Clark Range, Yosemite National Park, California
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Patriot Day
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Here’s why landmarks are going dark
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World Space Week
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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On the Route of the Waterfalls
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A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Let the games begin
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A peak in the clouds
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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A plot was afoot
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Wayag Islands in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia
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Where the bearded reedling sings
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It s time for spring
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Mada’in Saleh archeological site in Saudi Arabia
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