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Topic Categories: Behavior • Birding • Education • Ornithology • Streaming videos • Teaching
Posted on: September 8, 2009 6:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: nature, birds, gannet, Morus serrator, technology, BBC, streaming video
Steve Leonard and a group of conservationists attach tiny gadgets to the feathers of a Gannet, Morus serrator, to learn how they eat and fly out in the deep oceans. Great short video from BBC wildlife show Animal Camera.
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I was able to watch these guys in action a few years back, on a pelagic trip off the coast of Bretagne (Les Sept-Îles). The colony contained an estimated 40,000 birds, not counting the chicks...
Watching them dive knife-like into the water was quite awe-inspiring...
Posted by: travelgirl | September 8, 2009 4:51 PM