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Juvenile Gannet (was - help with bird identification)

wazzoraybelle · 2010-09-06 12:22:04

can anyone help me idenify this bird, I thought it was an arctic skua at first but I think it's too big (bigger than a gannet) it was diving for fish from a height of 15-20 ft. thanks. Wazzo

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06-09-2010 1:22pm

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wazzoraybelle

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can anyone help me idenify this bird, I thought it was an arctic skua at first but I think it's too big (bigger than a gannet) it was diving for fish from a height of 15-20 ft. thanks. Wazzo

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#2 06-09-2010 1:48pm
MB Lacey

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I think a (big!) juvenile Gannet?

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#3 06-09-2010 3:12pm
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Yes, its a juvenile gannet, probably 2-3 years old.

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#4 06-09-2010 3:31pm
wazzoraybelle

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That did occur to me at first, but I convinced myself otherwise as it was bigger than adult gannets in the area and because it was only diving from 15-20 feet as opposed to 50+feet for the adults.
Thanks.

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