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Aves (Birds) » Pelecaniformes (Tropicbirds, Boobies, Pelicans, Cormorants, etc.) » Sulidae (Boobies) » Morus » Morus bassanus (Northern Gannets)

Northern Gannet, courtship

Location: Earth » North America » Canada » Quebec

Date: August 24, 2005

Okay, the image has been enhanced a bit, but it does show the gannet courtship behavior of beak-clapping.
Image taken at Bonaventure Island, home to the second largest Northern Gannet colony in the world.

Posted by Stephen Luk on August 02, 2007 12:12.

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