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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Landscape Architecture Month
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Grandparents Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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Visiting the Mamanuca Islands for Fiji Day
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World Hello Day
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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Merry Christmas
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Burrowing owls
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Put your helmet on, we’re going for a hike
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National Bison Day
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Aura River in Turku, Finland
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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Porto Timoni beach, Greece
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Waiting for winter
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Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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