Northern Gannet, Morus bassanus: Bonaventure Island; Quebec, Canada
Bonaventure
Island lies just east of the Gaspe’ peninsula just a few miles off the coast of
Perce’. The island is one of the world’s
largest gannet nesting colony, and one of my favorite photography
destinations.
I photographed
this pair of birds on their nest. When
the male returns to the nest the two birds point their beaks skyward and rub
their beaks together as part of the bonding process. More than 55,000 pairs of birds nest on
Bonaventure, so this scene is fairly common to see. A gannet colony is a remarkable thing to see
and experience. The noise is deafening, and
the smell, well, not too pleasant, but the experience is extraordinary.
To see an earlier post on Bonaventure Islands and its
gannets, click this link: http://bobbyharrison.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html
,and scroll down to the July 14, 2010
post
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