[NatureNS] Northern Gannets Near Shore

Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:44:31 -0300 (ADT)
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   Probably small mackerel or squid Keith. Both are plentiful this year.
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   Or maybe herring or silversides. Who knows?
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   but they do come in where the water is shallow - at East Point on PEI
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   it is quite a specular display.
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   Probably easier to catch dinner in shallow water!
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   Enjoy the summer
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   Paul
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   On August 12, 2015 at 3:42 PM Keith Lowe &#60;mythos25@live.com&#62; wro=
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     I don&#39;t know if it was out of the ordinary or not but last Sunday =
I was seeing gannets fairly close at Cherry Hill Beach, Broadcove. At one p=
oint I observed 8 of them in a bit of a feeding frenzy in a 100 meter area =
not far offshore. Two adults and 6 immature in that frenzy.
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     <br/> I should have tried to determine what if anything they were gett=
ing but I didn&#39;t. If they were getting something, the prey must have be=
en fairly small or I would have noticed it.
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     <br/> Last fall hundreds of gannet seem to be doing okay fishing fairl=
y close off Hartlen Point, Duncan&#39;s Cove, Sandy Cove Rd because they we=
re actively continuing that behavior for a couple of months but so far this=
 year I&#39;ve only seen a few at a time around HRM
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     Since at least August 9th there have been a number of Northern Gannets=
 very close to shore in the Pubnico Area. I was watching them go into Pubni=
co Harbour, then make a turn and head back out towards sea. They were also =
passing near shore from&#160;Pubnico Point all the way north until&#160;Abb=
otts Harbour Wharf. Ervin Olsen saw one land in the water off of Cook&#39;s=
 Beach near Pinkney&#39;s Point recently. Frank Gummett also mentioned to m=
e that he had four in Halifax Harbour on August 11.=20
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     <br/> A CBC article from July discusses multiple gannets found dead in=
 the&#160;Maritimes.
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     <a href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dead-injured-ga=
nnets-wash-up-on-shore-in-new-brunswick-1.3174528">http://www.cbc.ca/news/c=
anada/new-brunswick/dead-injured-gannets-wash-up-on-shore-in-new-brunswick-=
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     <br/> I can assume that&#160;the near shore sightings of gannets must =
be food related. Is there more food near shore than usual, or is there less=
 food&#160;offshore? I&#160;was scoping around where I was seeing the ganne=
ts and didn&#39;t see any other species&#160;that are typically&#160;farthe=
r offshore.
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     <br/> Has anyone else noticed this?&#160;
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