Northern Gannets are typically found well off shore but I had a bit of luck. A steady stream of Gannets flew close to shore as I was standing on the rocks to photograph ducks. They were going by singly or in groups of 2-4 birds as they moved from nesting areas in Canada. Northern Gannets have breeding colonies in the Canadian Maritimes, Norway and the British Isles. They are most common in the North Atlantic from the Carolinas in the US up to Greenland and Iceland and over to Europe. They have appeared in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean and off the northwestern coast of Africa. I took so many photos that I will have to share a few more in the coming days.
