Stormy Sea and Australasian Gannet

An Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) flying over a stormy sea off Muriwai on the North Island of New Zealand. These birds are plunge divers and spectacular fishers, plunging into the ocean at high speed. They mainly eat squid and forage fish which school near the surface. The Gannet colony at Muriwai is spectacular and amazingly close to civilization.

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Robert Downie
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