| 单词 | gannet |
| 例句 | It goes some- how against the grain to learn that cost-benefit analyses can be done neatly on lakes, meadows, nesting gannets, even whole oceans. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat, watching the sea heaving between his hands, and hearing the wooden clatter of gannets on an island cliff. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no sound but the ice-cold surge, the cry of a gannet, invisible in grayness above me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A few stunted trees stand upwind from the crater, and there is a hardy colony of native gannets and muttonbirds. In New Zealand, Centuries of Smoke 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z They've done rocks and history; gannets, Romans, spring, Tudors, autumn, fossils, badgers, writers, people, landscape, houses, mountains, food, and plenty more. TV review: Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 2012-05-31T20:00:07Z There are no human inhabitants on Sula Sgeir today, and though the annual guga hunt continues, the gannet colonies seem to be flourishing. Poem of the week: St Brenhilda on Sula Sgeir by David Wheatley 2010-12-13T12:26:00Z White gannets and storm petrels soared over the waves; the cliffs of Pembrokeshire, important breeding grounds, are an ornithologist’s dream. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z "I'll be glad to get shot of you gannets," Guy says. The Quarry: an extract from Iain Banks's final novel 2013-06-11T10:25:10Z The odd gannet dives, and seals pop up. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The next day, back from my incredible encounter with the northern gannets on Bonaventure Island, I strolled on the lively seafront of Perce. In Quebec, a maritime region’s embarrassment of riches in history and cuisine 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z I detected gannets, various gulls and terns, but sadly no puffins, those garishly beaked beauties of the North Atlantic. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Some of these were mistaken for small squid by hungry fish and swooping gannets, whose guts were already swollen with waste. Sea Story by AS Byatt 2013-03-15T13:58:58Z There were rumours of a gannet, but as some of you will know, I have a history with gannets and tried to avoid it. I'm being patronised. It's wonderful 2010-09-16T11:50:00Z She looks at gannets in Shetland, whale skeletons in Bergen, petrels in Rona, the northern lights in Greenland. Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie - review 2012-08-07T11:00:01Z The views over the Atlantic were endless, and gulls and gannets soared and dived, their cries echoing with either anguished loneliness or triumphant salvation, possibly a bit of both. ‘Star Wars’ Fever Extends to an Ancient Irish Island 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z From the beach, I watched gannets pluming into the sea and long lines of cormorants paddling down the tide. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z From white tailed and golden eagles to colonies of puffins, gannets, fulmars and terns. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z According to scientists, he is the first known northern gannet in the Pacific. The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans — But Not Wildlife 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z During this “magic hour,” a time for feeding, gannets, gulls, pelicans and terns plunge-dive into the fishy sea, as plovers and sandpipers glean tidal flats. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z We spotted the lone gannet’s yellow head bobbing as he perched high on a dark granite outcrop, exhibiting nesting behaviors. The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans — But Not Wildlife 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It said preliminary investigations in a small sample size of some species of seabird, including northern gannets and shag, showed the development of immunity to the H5N1 virus. Christmas hope for turkey farmers as bird flu cases drop 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The ban could also benefit two other endangered seabirds, the Cape gannet and Cape cormorant, that also rely on sardine and anchovy as their primary food source, Waller says. South Africa to ban fishing around African penguin colonies for 10 years 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Avian flu has decimated seabird populations around Scotland's coast, including gannets on Bass Rock and skuas in Shetland. Flu hits breeding rate of UK's largest bird of prey 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Scuttle the boy seagull is now Scuttle the female gannet. Disney gives ‘Little Mermaid’ the progressive-live action treatment 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Bempton Cliffs is a site of special scientific interest where half a million seabirds, including puffins, gannets, kittiwakes and guillemots, breed each year. Peregrine falcon snatches puffin at Bempton Cliffs 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Dozens of different species of wild birds were hit, including golden eagles, buzzards, herring gulls and gannets. Bird flu: Free range eggs return as clampdowns eased 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z What’s striking about gannets is that the researchers can simply pick them up, without fear of disturbing their nests. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Year after year, gannet pairs come separately from distant, scattered Atlantic waters to reunite, mate again and raise new chicks on the precise nesting spots they called home before heading south for the winter. Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The main birds affected were gannets, skuas, geese and gulls. New anti-bird flu rules as virus hits flocks in Lewis and Orkney 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Just as tens of thousands of murres and gannets were wiped out in Canada, wildlife officials fear such outbreaks along the Pacific. Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens, wild birds and other animals 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Northern gannet populations crashed in parts of eastern Canada, as they have in Europe. ‘We’re nervous.’ Deadly bird flu may be in North America to stay 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z All of this makes the Bonaventure gannets ideal sentinels for the health of the marine ecosystem in the gulf and clattering storytellers to the planet. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Some of the lessons learned here and from other colonies about the life of the gannets: Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Its smaller sibling, just across from it, is famed for its massive colony of tens of thousands of gannets. Skellig Michael: 'I like the solitude and peace of the island' 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Thousands of sea birds — gannets, puffins and murres — died along the Avalon Peninsula in Canada’s Newfoundland province. Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens, wild birds and other animals 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Normally, huge areas of it are covered by gannets. Global pandemic fears on islands hit by bird flu 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z They form the world’s second largest gannet colony and are easier to reach than the largest, on Scotland’s remote Bass Island. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z YES, BUT: It’s all about home base, not romance, say the scientists — though does anyone really know what’s in a gannet’s heart? Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Portobello beach, where one of the posters features on a large litter bin, is on the Firth of Forth - the site of the world's biggest gannet population. Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Bird flu is devastating several species, including gannets, terns and great skuas along the UK coastline. Several hundred birds found dead at Norfolk nature reserve 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z While avian flu has been confirmed in gannets at Noss, there have been no confirmed cases on the Isle of May yet. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Québec’s on-the-ground experts on the colony, Canadian government biologists, and seabird scientists globally say there is little to no question that global warming is reshaping the lives of the northern gannets. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The birds do not want the next gannet over to get in their territory, even as they reside barely a wingspan apart. Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The gannets have caused the Bass Rock at the site to turn white from all their bird poo. Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z On Quebec’s Magdalen Islands, wildlife officials recently discovered the carcasses of thousands of white gannets that had been wiped out by the flu. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Earlier this month avian flu was confirmed on Bass Rock, which is also in the Firth of Forth and home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In tandem, the threats from fishing and warming are forcing the gannets to go farther from their Bonaventure nests in search of food for their island chicks and themselves. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z “At a few weeks old, if it is attacked by adult gannets, it’s fatal — whether it’s its parents or not,” Pelletier said. Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z A length of rope strung along the island’s rocky ground clearly demarcated a pathway, the boundary separating tens of thousands of gannets from my group of eight humans. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z A northern gannet swims in an artistic hail of bubbles created by diving seabirds in Shetland. Underwater Photographer of the Year winner revealed 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z NatureScot said great skua and gannets have been hardest hit by outbreaks this year. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Like many seabirds, adult gannets are highly territorial and may kill any intruders to their nesting areas; AP journalists witnessed two such deadly attacks on the young on a day shortly before the winter migration. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z “As it grows older, the chick develops a strong neck which allows it to withstand attacks by other gannets.” Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z If anyone had explained this to the gannets, though, they weren’t letting on. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The premiere episode, “Oceans,” features sharks, elephant seals, turtles and gannets. What's on TV Wednesday: 'Home Economics' on ABC; 'Good Sam' and 'The Amazing Race' on CBS 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Climate-related losses have hit albatrosses off the Hawaiian islands, northern gannets near the British Isles and puffins off the Maine coast. Heat, no food, deadly weather: Climate change kills seabirds 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Mackerel is a star of the gulf ecosystem, not only for gannets. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z A gannet alone on the nest will often shake its head from side to side, then dip its head under each wing as if checking for body odor. Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z I was an outsider in a world belonging utterly to gannets, and it was astonishing that the birds tolerated, to a degree, my presence. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Evolutionary biologists at Ghent University examined museum specimens of 324 species of seabirds, including ospreys, northern gannets, and great black-backed gulls. Dark wings supercharge seabird flight 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Thousands of miles away in the North Sea, a similar problem has forced northern gannets to search farther away for food, leaving chicks unattended and vulnerable to predators, University of Leeds researchers have found. Heat, no food, deadly weather: Climate change kills seabirds 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z With all the competition for food, gannets have found ways to adapt, but at a cost. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z A hungry gannet tells its mate that it is leaving the nest to fish by pointing its beak straight up at the sky. Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Throughout much of the dramas that have played out on the Bass, the gannets have been there, in varying numbers. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Preventing albatross, petrels, gannets, boobies and other seabirds from being caught in gillnets is not easy. The Birds and the Buoys: Using Googly Eyes to Avert Extinction 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z In 2017, the society also supported a Day to Night series on bird migration around the world, from sandhill cranes in Nebraska to northern gannets in Scotland. The inauguration, from sunrise to sunset, captured in one striking picture 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Over winter, northern gannets are solitary birds that live widely dispersed on the water — along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, some even in the Gulf of Mexico. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z A gannet returning to the nest is welcomed by the mate with a click-clack-click-clack of bills that makes them sound like actors fencing in an old B movie. Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z I was on Bass Rock, the tiny Scottish island from which the northern gannet gets its scientific name, Morus bassanus. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Earthflight The new episode “Africa” takes viewers arrow-diving with Cape gannets as they bob and weave above sharks, dolphins and whales that are joining the great sardine run. What's on TV Saturday, Aug. 8, plus Sunday Talk shows 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Although they shared these physical traits with ancient and modern penguins, plotopterids are more closely related to gannets and cormorants than they are to penguins. New Zealand 'monster penguins' had Northern Hemisphere doppelgangers, researchers say 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z He came from Germany, fell in love with the place and spent the summer and early fall working for the park until it closed last month after the gannets left for the winter. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Dawn Austin discovered the gannet resting on a trampoline in her North Wootton garden on Tuesday and contacted vets when it did not fly away. North Atlantic seabird found on Norfolk trampoline 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z I saw gannets fight over territory so aggressively that wings and beaks were stained with blood. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z New Zealand has never been the perfect country you might imagine from afar, from the quirky stories about lovelorn gannets and avocado heists, but it is generally safe, and stable, apart from the earthquakes. New Zealand felt removed from the global voices of hatred. No longer | Elle Hunt 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z "It's not uncommon to find gannets hung - to lose legs, to find their wings entangled." Plastic 'risks 8,000 island gannet nests' 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Foxes poke from island bushes and snag an occasional gannet on the colony’s periphery. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Writing of puffins and albatrosses, fulmars and gulls, guillemots and gannets, Nicolson chronicles their bloodthirsty competitiveness, their astounding feats of survival and the sheer wonder of their powers of flight. Favorite nonfiction from 2018, from Princess Margaret to a Silicon Valley scammer 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z I watched a gannet point its beak to the sky and knew what would happen next. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Someone got lucky late this summer at the Butterfish Hole, 15 miles off Montauk as the gannet flies, nailed a 40-pound yellowfin tuna and took it home to share with the neighborhood. Tuna Poke Gets an East Coast Makeover 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Alderney's gannet population is still growing, but Mr Gauvain said the island's position in the English Channel meant it was particularly vulnerable to plastic pollution. Plastic 'risks 8,000 island gannet nests' 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Those of the Bonaventure gannets, however, play out in plain sight, in a gift to scientists and the public, on the protected grounds of the Quebec government’s Parc national de l’lle-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Perce. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z In the water are rafts of puffins and the air is filled with movement and noise: gannets, kittiwakes, sandwich terns and herring gulls. Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Concrete replica birds were used in the case of Nigel the lonely gannet, who lived alone on the uninhabited Mana Island off the north of New Zealand until his death in February. Trevor the lonely duck gets tiny island of Niue in a flap 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z I am two weeks too late for the bird season, but at this distance, without binoculars, I wouldn’t have been able to see the teeming colonies of northern gannets. A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Explain how the densely packed colonies of guillemots and gannets serve as “information exchanges.” Plastic Smells the Same as Fish to a Seabird 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z At sea the gannets are magnificent in their grace and power. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Years passed, no other gannets arrived, and there Nigel died, alone in the nest he built his cement princess. Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, was no victim. He was a hero. 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, conservationists set up concrete gannets on the western side of Mana to lure real birds. The Life and Death of Nigel, the World’s Loneliest Seabird 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z In describing the gannets of Bass Rock, you call their colony “a magnificent demonstration of existence clenched in hate.” Plastic Smells the Same as Fish to a Seabird 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z The gannets, unlike many other seabirds, seem utterly indifferent to humans. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Nigel, they say, was a hero among gannets — a tragic hero, maybe, but a hero nonetheless. Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, was no victim. He was a hero. 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z On the very first day, two gannets swooped in, Mr. Bell said by phone early Saturday. The Life and Death of Nigel, the World’s Loneliest Seabird 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps the saddest twist to this tale is that three other gannets settled on Mana last month, after conservation officials tweaked the sound system used to attract them, according to the New Zealand website Stuff. Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Nigel was found next to his immobile concrete partner, who was part of a fake colony created to help lure gannets to Mana Island off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand gannet 'no mates Nigel' dies 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z If there is such a thing as a tragic life for a bird, then the life of Nigel “no mates”, a New Zealand gannet, probably fits that bill. Nigel the lonely gannet dies as he lived, surrounded by concrete birds 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z That includes in New Zealand, where gannets are not endangered but are clustered in just a few places. Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, was no victim. He was a hero. 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Though Nigel lived a mostly solitary life on the island, he became the linchpin of the efforts to draw other gannets to Mana. The Life and Death of Nigel, the World’s Loneliest Seabird 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The Faroe Islands are home to an impressive array of seabirds but there is only one colony of gannets, located on the most westerly island, Mykines. Abseiling down a cliff at night to kill 500 gannets 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The group, which says that three other gannets recently arrived on the island as a "Christmas surprise", posted a poem dedicated to the dead bird, with the message: "RIP 'no mates' Nigel." New Zealand gannet 'no mates Nigel' dies 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Nigel lived for years on his own on uninhabited Mana Island off the north of the country, surrounded by concrete replica gannets. Nigel the lonely gannet dies as he lived, surrounded by concrete birds 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In recent months, after Bell and colleagues moved the speakers playing gannet calls closer to the decoy colony, three more gannets showed up. Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, was no victim. He was a hero. 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z “Within 10 days of that,” Mr. Bell said, “there were three more gannets” on the island. The Life and Death of Nigel, the World’s Loneliest Seabird 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z "We look forward to the gannet hunt," a young man named Johannus explained. Abseiling down a cliff at night to kill 500 gannets 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Albatross, kittiwake, gannet: the extraordinary physiology and navigational capacity of seabirds have inspired scientists and poets for centuries. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z It is thought the whale is coming in to feed on herring and mackerel, which are also attracting large number of gannets. Humpback whale returns in Devon 'like Blue Planet' - BBC News 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The pastime harks back to the days when Newfoundlanders supplemented meager winter diets with fresh meat on the wing, eating everything from clownish puffins to the great northern gannet. Hunting ‘Turr’ in Newfoundland’s Frigid Waters 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z They collected rock, plant and insect samples and observed the first colonization of the island by masked gannets, a large seafaring bird. Japanese scientists land on newly formed volcanic island 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The last man up was Espern, the island's chief gannet catcher. Abseiling down a cliff at night to kill 500 gannets 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z A Cape gannet prepares to touch down on Malgas Island, South Africa, after hunting for sardines. National Geographic Photographers’ Favorite Wildlife Pictures 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Diving gannets hit the water at 60 miles an hour. Rethinking the Next-Generation Helmet 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z The scientists used lightweight GPS logging devices and barometric pressure loggers, temporarily taped to the gannets' tails, to track the birds as they flew from the Bass Rock to search for fish. Offshore wind farms 'threaten gannets' - BBC News 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z After a count earlier this year, it is now considered the world's largest colony of gannets. Rutland Water tops Countryfile best nature reserves list - BBC News 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Skirting a colony of chattering puffins outside their burrows, I followed the men for an hour towards the gannet cliffs, 150m high, and dropping almost vertically into the Atlantic swell. Abseiling down a cliff at night to kill 500 gannets 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z A Cape gannet prepares to touch down on Malgas Island, South Africa, after hunting for sardines. National Geographic Photographers’ Favorite Wildlife Pictures 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The white gannets with yellow crowns crowd the beach, flapping their black-tipped wings. South African island a safe, but noisy, home for gannets 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr Doggett was named British Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2012 for a different image of gannets taken in the north of Scotland. Couple win underwater photo awards 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z The incredible sight of thousands of gannets at Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth is one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in the country. Rutland Water tops Countryfile best nature reserves list - BBC News 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z First records of gannets on the Bass Rock date back to the 15th century. Rock gannet colony is world largest 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A Cape gannet prepares to touch down on Malgas Island, South Africa, after hunting for sardines. National Geographic Photographers’ Favorite Wildlife Pictures 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z There are a few are from the Australasian and Northern gannet families. South African island a safe, but noisy, home for gannets 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Darren: So we have giant flightless gannets instead of giant penguins… Speculative Zoologists Imagine Beasts of the Future 2014-04-04T11:06:16Z Australasian gannets trust the wisdom of crowds, a new study reports. Observatory: Best Places for Seafood? Follow a Gannet 2013-12-23T23:27:45Z The northern gannets were counted using computers and images from the air. Rock gannet colony is world largest 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z They footage shows the gannets taking dramatic high-speed dives to catch fish off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. Gannet cam captures bird's eye view 2013-11-12T11:12:34Z The gannets share the island nature reserve with a colony of about 1,500 seals, according to tour guides. South African island a safe, but noisy, home for gannets 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, he published his results using bird-borne stills cameras that showed how gannets interact with fishing trawlers. Gannet cam captures bird's eye view 2013-11-12T07:51:42Z Initially, the team believed that the gannets were somehow communicating their foraging tips during an elaborate bill-fencing ceremony performed when reuniting with mates. Observatory: Best Places for Seafood? Follow a Gannet 2013-12-23T23:27:45Z When they were getting a catch of fulmars or guillemots or the gannets, when they had a big catch, it was always distributed to every household. Death of one of last St Kildans 2013-10-01T22:56:38Z He watched the life that circled the ship, gannets with creamy heads and black-and-white wings, dolphins that leaped in pairs. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z The team found that populations of diving birds such as murres and gannets, which are vulnerable to entanglement in nets, increased after the ban. Terrible Toll of Fishing Nets on Seabirds Revealed 2013-05-29T20:15:00.597Z The study was undertaken over the summer to log more detailed information about the Grassholm gannets' movements. Gannet cam captures bird's eye view 2013-11-12T07:51:42Z I took this picture of a pair of northern gannets on a trip to Bass Rock in 2008. Your pictures: Listening 2013-05-15T14:03:16Z Guillemots and gannets were found on the beach at Lansallos, in Cornwall On one section of beach between Downderry and Seaton more than 100 birds, including guillemots and gannets, were found dead on Sunday morning. Birds killed 'by same sticky agent' 2013-04-15T18:15:28Z Over 100 birds, including guillemots and gannets, were found dead on one stretch of beach on Sunday morning. More birds wash up dead on beaches 2013-04-15T11:46:17Z As I discussed in a 2008 article on gannets, there’s evidence of occasional predation on diving seabirds from big fish. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z As it happened, one of the gannets was approaching the southern shore of New Jersey at just the moment Hurricane Sandy made landfall there, and Mr. Spiegel could catch the bird’s honker of a reaction. Basics: Birds Have Natural Ability to Survive Storms 2012-11-12T22:03:26Z Here multitudes of man-of-war birds, gannets, boobies, cormorants, and petrels have their undisturbed haunts. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z I have watched the gannets often through an afternoon in Hell Bay over at Brehar. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Besides feeding other fish, menhaden are a staple for seabirds such as ospreys, gannets and common loons. Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea' 2011-11-07T04:59:08Z Plovers, gannets, pigeons, duck, teal, and divers breed abundantly on the rocky ledges. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z With the vertical fall of a bird like the gannet on its prey we are not concerned here, but with the descent to earth of a bird soaring at a considerable height. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z We drank our fill, and found the water cool and delicious, but slightly fishy in flavour, for the large white gannets thronged the hills above. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z Some were on the beach, along with some gannets. Seabirds rescued from big storm 2011-09-07T06:27:49Z The watchers had known it by the swift congregation of birds, particularly the gannets and skuas. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z It seems to be certain that in former days fishes, and herrings in particular, were at least as plentiful as now, if not more so, notwithstanding that gannets were more numerous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Clouds of frigate birds, gulls, and gannets fly gracefully about each incoming ship, as if to welcome them to the harbor where anchorage might be had for the combined shipping of the whole world. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z For here an incredible number of large fluffy white birds, a sort of gannet, were sitting on their nests with their young. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The physiological explanation of complete disappearance of pigment in adult life, e.g. gannet, is not yet apparent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Men tie ropes to the stakes and abseil down the cliffs to collect gannets, fulmars, kittiwakes and, in the summertime, the puffins that the islanders also traditionally eat. Far-flung Faroes 2011-05-28T11:00:07Z Their prey is almost invariably captured by plunging upon it from a height, and a company of gannets fishing presents a curious and interesting spectacle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Penguins, Cape pigeons, albatross, and some kinds of sea gull, surround the boat, while flocks of gannets and cormorants fly around the fishermen. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Of birds the species are not numerous; and of these no one kind, excepting perhaps the gannet, is exactly the same with those of Europe. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z What a pack o' gaumless gannets you must take us for! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The brown pelicans and northern gannets stayed closer at hand, floating in the water just offshore. A Last-Gasp Airlift for 8 Oily Birds 2010-05-24T21:20:00Z In the southern hemisphere the gannet is represented by two nearly allied but somewhat smaller forms—one, Sula capensis, inhabiting the coast of South Africa, and the other, S. serrator, the Australian seas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The first two oiled birds found since the spill, a northern gannet and a brown pelican, were cleaned, rehabilitated and released at Florida's Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the National Audubon Society said. Engineers trying multiple tactics in battle to plug oil well in Gulf of Mexico 2010-05-11T04:00:00Z Oiled birds, including a gannet and brown pelicans, Louisiana's state bird, have been found on the islands, said Jeff Dauzat of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Oil from Gulf spill creeps ashore in Louisiana 2010-05-07T00:43:00Z Jeff Dauzat, of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, meanwhile reported that oiled birds, including gannets and brown pelicans, had been found on the barrier chain. Oil slick reaches wildlife refuge 2010-05-07T00:20:00Z On Sunday, eight birds – three brown pelicans, two northern gannets and two laughing gulls – arrived at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge a coastal island in the Florida Keys. A Last-Gasp Airlift for 8 Oily Birds 2010-05-24T21:20:00Z Apparently inseparable from the gannets generically are the smaller birds well known to sailors as boobies, from the extraordinary stupidity they commonly display. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The four-toed aquatic birds either have all the toes webbed, as the pelican, gannet, cormorant, &c., or have the hind toe loose. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History As it was, one of the gannets–boobies, Blake calls them–caught me a nasty nip when I went to lift her off the nest.” Into the Primitive The gannets who live in those parts had taken possession 19 of her, and she was so covered with nests that you could not have walked one step on her deck without treading on them. Mopsa the Fairy The curiosities of the island are gannet and wide-awake fairs, so called from the enormous swarms of these two birds—a species of gull that there build and reside. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Apparently as bulky as a goose, and with longer wings and tail, the gannet weighs considerably less. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Once only did he taste meat,—a blundering gannet which alighted within a foot of his motionless head and never knew the lightning doom that smote it. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The albatross and crane are there, The loon, the gull, and gannet rare. The Brownies: Their Book They have come out at first sign of a clearing, and now fly low, trimming and banking in their flight like gannets at the fishing. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war As you go down the Channel you see a few divers and gannets. Wanderings in South America The queen was the “weaver of peace”; the sea the “ship road,” or “whale path,” or “gannet’s bath.” Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose But the gannet is not particular about alighting. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 As for the innumerable gulls, and gannets, 195 and terns, and lesser auks, which made the air forever loud about these lonely islets, nothing could have induced them to pay him any attention whatever. Kings in Exile The same mercy is by no means shown to the gannet. The Cornwall Coast The boobies and gannets each also formed separate flocks, but few of them had either eggs or young ones. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. I remember, when in Norfolk, a gannet being brought in by one of the fishing boats; the bird had become accidentally entangled in one of the nets whilst attempting to rob-it of some fish. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. If surprised on land, the gannet neither attempts to fly nor offers resistance, conscious of helplessness; but when attacked in the water, where he is more at home, he will fight fiercely. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The gannet, Sula bassana, a well-known sea fowl, frequenting the coasts of many countries in the northern hemisphere in the summer to lay its eggs, and then migrating. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One of them brought a gannet which he had just killed, on board, and the hole made by the arrow could easily be seen. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century A black cloud like a skate was floating across the moon, and a startled gannet scuttled from under the pier steps into the moon's misty waterway. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Wild flocks of sea-fowl rose above our heads from off the rock, and among others were numbers of gannets or Solan geese. A Yacht Voyage Round England These are three in number, all high, one quite small and conical, a second somewhat larger, the third, which is the home of gannets, several acres in extent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 In size and colour they much resemble the ordinary gannet of our cold northern seas. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 The body of this gannet is white; the wings are rich chocolate brown. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects Bone or ivory hooks were used in fishing through the ice, the line being made from strips of whalebone or spines from the feather of the gannet. Short Sketches from Oldest America Gaunt is sometimes a dialect form of gannet, used in Lincolnshire of the crested grebe. The Romance of Names Late in the afternoon we saw a flock of gannets, and some sooty tern; the gannets passing so near that we could hear the motion of their long twisted wings. The Island Home Mr Chanter translates 'Ganymede's birds to be gannets, as there were very many of these birds there'; but an older commentator soars higher, and thinks of eagles and ostriches! Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Terns and gannets were amongst the birds of the coastal waters. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects Another day we rowed out nine miles in an Irish craft to visit the Skerry Islands, famous for the old Beehive Monastery, and the countless nests of gannets and other large sea-birds. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Among the living lay the mangled corpses of yesterday's hunt, and over each fought and feasted a host of gannets, sea-gulls, and cormorants. Adrift in the Ice-Fields For several hours we continued our journey pretty steadily, encountering no living thing, except tern, gannets, and other sea-birds, and one troop of gaudy little paroquets, glittering in green, and orange, and crimson. The Island Home These bonettas were so anxious to catch them, that they came on shore also, and then the gannets picked them all up.” Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" A young Savage as captain, a tame seal as boatswain, and a flock of gannets as sailors, certainly made up as curious a set of adventurers as ever floated upon the wide ocean.” The Little Savage The innumerable gannets sitting on their nests gave the island the appearance of a snowdrift; and we soon had all the eggs that we needed lowered by a line. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The gannets are such gluttons, they generally fly home so full of fish that they are unable to close their beaks. The South Sea Whaler As we made our way across Sea-bird’s Point, the clamorous cries of the gannets, raising their harsh voices to the highest pitch, in angry remonstrance against this invasion of their domain, were almost deafening. The Island Home “I was thinking, Ready, if those gannets and men-of-war birds would be good eating.” Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" The breeze remained fair, and we scudded along at a spanking rate, the gannets keeping us company all the way—evidently bound to the same shore. The Little Savage Besides their finny enemies, the former had to encounter in their flight armies of boobies, gannets, and other tropical birds, which hovered over them, and secured many of them before our eyes. Mark Seaworth It was tenanted by innumerable aquatic birds—gannets, sooty terns, beautiful tropic and frigate birds, the nests of the latter constructed of rough sticks covering the boughs of the surrounding trees. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific Among them were gannets, sooty terns, and tropical birds in large numbers. The Three Admirals And in the gannet, which drops into the sea from a great height after fish, these air-bags lessen the shock on striking the water. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds According to Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, it shows affinities to herons, storks, pelicans, and gannets, and is a representative of a type equal to both herons and storks and falling between the two. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told This forenoon we saw a gannet, a sand-lark, and some water-snakes, which in general were from two to three feet long. A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat Oyster catches passed the boat with their melancholy cry, but the fishing gannets and the swimming puffins seemed scarcely to heed the intruders. The Beach of Dreams The gannets sat on their eggs croaking hoarsely, not moving even when the midshipmen attempted to catch them. The Three Admirals He saw a flock of gannets stringing out in long line against the red evening sky, and knew that all the feathered population of the rocks was returning to its summer home. The Mermaid A Love Tale The gannets and the pelicans were formerly classed together. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 A number of gannets, boobies, and men of war birds were seen. A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat Wilson, Pennell, and Cherry-Garrard shot a number of birds, mostly terns and gannets, and climbed practically to the top of the island, where they could see the Martin Vaz islets on the horizon. South with Scott Just imagine being a gull or a gannet…. Secret Bread There were also a good many common boobies, a sort that are almost like a gannet, and a sooty or chocolate-coloured one, with a white belly. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Beyond glistened a stretch of open sea with a flock of beautiful gannets of black and white whipping its surface. Diane of the Green Van Wind from E to S E. All the afternoon we had several gannets, and many other birds, about us, that indicated we were near land, and at sun-set we kept a very anxious look-out. A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat The air was full of wings and screams, where gulls, gannets, and skuas swooped and splashed, quarrelling because they got in one another's way at the feast. Children of the Wild One theorist loudly called for a massacre of sea-birds, especially shags and gannets. Nicky-Nan, Reservist And as to such birds as gannets and shear-waters, which are generally condemned as unpalatable, on account of their fishy taste, we would observe that the rancid flavour exists only in the fat. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 We were also accompanied by man-of-war birds, and boobies of an unusual kind, being quite white, except the tip of the wing, which was black, and easily mistaken, at first sight, for gannets. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time This forenoon we saw a gannet, a sand-lark and some water-snakes which in general were from two or three feet long. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Labrador has over 200 species of birds, from humming-birds and sanderlings to eagles, gannets, loons and herons. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 A stuffed gannet in a glass case surmounted it—a present from 'Bias, who had shot the bird. Hocken and Hunken The day before we had seen several gannets; but upon sounding many times during the day and the next night, we had no ground with 160 fathom. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Refusal to give up the food is punished by blows on the head, but the gannets and terns so fear the frigate that they seldom have the courage to disobey. White Shadows in the South Seas In the evening we saw a gannet; and the clouds remained so fixed in the west that I had little doubt of our being near the land. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Robbie brought on board the gun, with his rabbit and the dead gannet. The Pilots of Pomona He halted, rested his elbows on a low wall and watched the gannets at their evolutions—the poise, the terrific dive, the splash clearly visible at more than a mile's distance. Hocken and Hunken On the 3d we saw several gannets, which, with the uncertainty of the weather, inclined us to hope that land was not very far distant. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time If he cannot find flying-fish, he stops gannets and terns in mid-air and makes them disgorge their catch, which he seizes as it falls. White Shadows in the South Seas In the afternoon we saw gannets and many other birds, and at sunset we kept a very anxious lookout. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship "Oh, my fairings, my fairings!" cried Cherry, swooping at them from her height with all the headlong thump of a gannet after its prey. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly At the entrance of the cove a few gannets wheeled, heavily, while further away a troop of black-headed terns screamed and darted about, gracefully, on long, slender, swallow-like pinions. Sweetapple Cove It is dull recreation after the novelty has worn off, with the somewhat tough walking through the sand, and the smell and filth of the clouds of gannet. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter On the lowest of the dead boughs, the gannets, and other sea birds, had built their nests in numbers unaccountable. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Many gannets were seen at twenty-four leagues off, but none at a greater distance. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 One part was white with gannets, breeding in nests of earth and dried grass. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 On the same authority I learn that a Solan goose, or gannet, has been known to visit this stream. A Cotswold Village Strolled on the island towards sunset, with the gannets for companions, the surf for music, and the heavy sand for a promenade. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Overhead, numerous gannets, frigate-birds, and terns, rest on the trees; and the wood, from the many nests and from the smell of the atmosphere, might be called a sea-rookery. The Voyage of the Beagle The lagoon is frequented by ducks, black shags, pelicans, and gannets. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 It was true, Her masts were white with rags of tattered sail Many as gannets when the fish are due. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 As you go down the Channel you see a few divers and gannets. Wanderings in South America We have cleared away all the old eggs from the gannets' nests, and these prolific layers are now supplying us with fresh. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter The gannets, sitting on their rude nests, gaze at one with a stupid yet angry air. The Voyage of the Beagle Jan 8, at six o'clock, Mr. Bass went on shore to the small, south~ eastern islet; whence he brought a boat load of seals and gannets. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Mr. Thaxter took it to be a gannet; and, while walking over the island, an owl started up from among the rocks near us, and flew away, apparently uncertain of its course. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. The gannets showed themselves only now and then, but the brown pelicans were an every-day sight. A Florida Sketch-Book The breeze remained fair and we scudded along at a spanking rate, the gannets keeping us company all the way—evidently bound to the same shore. The Little Savage The former is a species of gannet, and the latter a tern. The Voyage of the Beagle After taking on board our seals and gannets, we steered north-westward; and at one o'clock took a departure from the Sisters. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 As the white, gleaming gannet eyes fish in the sea, So the thought sought a mortal to bring this to be. Right Royal I admired the address of the fish-hawks until I saw the gannets. A Florida Sketch-Book Looking down the drop of five or six hundred feet, the height is so great that the gannets flying close over the sea look like white butterflies, and the choughs like flies fluttering behind them. In Wicklow and West Kerry Birds of prey, winging from the sea, rising from marshlands, swooping from eyries, hover screaming, gannets, cormorants, vultures, goshawks, climbing woodcocks, peregrines, merlins, blackgrouse, sea eagles, gulls, albatrosses, barnacle geese. Ulysses Among the other kinds of tame fowls were ducks, differing very little from the canvass-back of our own country, black gannets, and a large bird not unlike the buzzard in appearance, but not carnivorous. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 The third time the swing flew clean over the Well-House, and as true as a diving gannet Martin dropped from mid-air into the little court, and stood face to face with Gillian. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And there are gulls in hundreds, you see, large and small, gray-backed and black-backed; and over them all two or three great gannets swooping round and round. Madam How and Lady Why "I was thinking, Ready, if those gannets and men-of-war birds would be good eating." Masterman Ready Nothing was heard but the almost incessant clatter of the windlass pawls, abrupt monosyllabic orders, and the occasional melancholy wail of a gannet overhead. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales The crying of gannets, The shrieking of terns, Are keening his dying High over the burns. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets The gannets, cormorants, and pelicans are believed to descend from some branch of this group. The Story of Evolution |
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