From: Sharon
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Unknown Bird
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:42:05 GMT

Don't know what kind, but he's a beauty. Can anyone I.D. him?

-Sharon
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From: Richardson
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Unknown Bird
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:32:03 -0500

Looks like a Northern gannet...they live in cold seas...I see them off
the coast of NC during the winter...quite spectacular to observe, as
they wheel back & forth over the ocean, then plunge in head first from
up high to get a fish...sometimes when there are a lot of them, the
ocean looks like it's being dive-bombed, w/ mini-geysers erupting all
over...they don't fish close to shore but they are so white against
the sky & rather distinctive in size, shape & flight that one knows
immediately what kind of bird it is...

You can see the black wing ends on the one flying in the background...

Sj


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From: L-Katraz
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Unknown Bird
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:27:21 +1300

Dunno how rare or anything this is but I've heard its very unusual.
There is a place in NZ where they nest on a hilltop adjacent to the sea,
you can get to a viewing area (behind a fence) and view the Gannet nesting
area on the hilltop. Amazing to watch. Especially if you go when the
chicks are hatched out. I would assume that these are not Northen Gannet's
but they do look exactly like the Gannet shown in the photo.

Alkatr0z


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From: LE BIHAN JF
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Unknown Bird
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 19:51:19 +0100

It's a Gannet (Sula bassana).

Jean-Fran?is LE BIHAN
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