
Quebec's gannets continue to fascinate marine biologists
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Northern gannets have been recognized as fiercely loyal to their home and mate. Before flying south for the winter, gannets mate again and raise new chicks on their exact nesting spot.
Year after year, gannet pairs come separately from distant, scattered Atlantic waters to reunite, mate again and raise new chicks on the precise nesting spots they called home before heading south for the winter.
The island just off Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula offers remarkable insights into the northern gannets because they are easily accessible in vast numbers, seem to ignore humans and unlike many seabird species put up with being studied and tagged.
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