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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International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
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National Fossil Day
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Vacuum Chamber 5 at Glenn Research Center
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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National Public Lands Day
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Manatee Awareness Month
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