Graceful, powerful and impossible to miss—the northern gannet is the largest seabird on the waters of the North Atlantic. It spends most of its time gliding over open seas and returning to land only to breed. These seabirds, known for their vast and noisy breeding colonies, called gannetries, nest on steep cliffs, remote rocky islands and sea stacks that rise from the ocean.
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Spring equinox
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May the 4th be with you
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Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
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World Dolphin Day
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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International Sloth Day
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Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Spring equinox
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Great North Run
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The Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Alps of the sea
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Great Staple Tor, Dartmoor National Park
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Giants of the Southern Ocean
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Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, United States
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Llyn Padarn, Snowdonia, Wales
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A beacon in the golden light
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Gem of the Côte dAzur
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World Rainforest Day
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Sundance Film Festival
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A triumphant pose
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Palace of Westminster, London, England
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An explosive history
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Angry bird, doting dad
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Greater flamingos, Lüderitz, Namibia
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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World Theatre Day
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