Tag Archives: Northern Gannet

This week’s bird is brought to you by the American Poet, Mary Oliver (1935-2019)*. The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus). I am watching the white gannets blaze down into the water with the power of blunt spear and a stunning accuracy– even though the sea is riled and boiling and gray with fog and the fish areContinue reading “Bird 59 – Northern Gannet”