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Index of Subjects Very interesting, Carina and Sue. I found a distressed adult - probably too far gone for rehab, on a beach recently, but it appeared to have a broken wing, not necessarily starved. My impression is that gannets around here are diving, but in unusual inshore localities. This along with reports of others on the influx of subtropical fishes suggests that there is a near-surface warm-water resource available, so that adults from the normally cooler colonies might not be compensated only by northward movement. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren Quoting BSC NS Plovers <nsplovers@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > > * > * > > As you may have heard, this summer has been challenging for breeding > Northern Gannets - one of our most magnificent seabirds in Atlantic Canada. > Some gannets have abandoned their young at the colony, which is unusual. One > possible cause is that the availability of small fish, provided to gannet > young, is limited due to warmer ocean water around breeding colonies. > Scientists > at Environment Canada and Memorial University hope to learn more. Your > observations can help build our understanding. > > * > * > > Please watch for and report 1) numbers and 2) locations of feeding adult > Northern Gannets to seabird biologist, Carina Gjerdrum, at > carina.gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca OR enter your observations on eBird.ca (an > easy-to-use site for sharing bird observations). > > > What does a feeding adult Northern Gannet look like?* * Feeding gannets > plunge from the air into the ocean like torpedoes - sometimes in large > flocks. An adult gannet is larger than a gull and has a white body with > yellowish head and black wing tips (young gannets have brown on their > bodies). > > > Please share this with fishermen, boaters, ferry travelers, and others who > spend time along the coast and at sea. We appreciate your interest and > observations. > > > Thanks, > > > Carina Gjerdrum, Environment Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service > > Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada-Nova Scotia >
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