Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 Adults show black around the face, dull yellowish wash in the head, and clean white plumage with crisp black primary feathers. | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 This subadult still has mottled black feathers in the tail and underwing. | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 21 Feb 2009 |
Northern Gannet Off Hatteras, NC, 5 March 2006 |
Northern Gannets have to take a few steps on top of the water to get airborne. Off Hatteras, NC, 5 March 2006 | |
Off Hatteras, NC, 5 March 2006 | |
Adult Nothern Gannets are usually seen as distant white birds offshore with black wingtips and whose overall shape is long and pointed at all 4 tips. Dare Co., NC, 4 March 2006 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 Adult on left, immature on right. | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 One dark immature gannet in the middle of a flock of adults. | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 Subadult with black secondaries. | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 18 Feb 2012 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 20 Feb 2010 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 20 Feb 2010 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 20 Feb 2010 | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 20 Feb 2010 Large flock of gannets plunge diving on a school of fish. | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 20 Feb 2010 Virtually all of those white spots are gannets. |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 23 Feb 2014 It's raining gannets! | |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 23 Feb 2014 |
Created on ... March 11, 2006 | Updated on ... March 11, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com