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Story: Gannets and boobies

Feeding the young

Feeding the young

Small fish such as pilchards, anchovies and jack mackerel make up the bulk of a young gannet’s diet. Here an adult bird is regurgitating her catch into her juvenile’s mouth.

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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: Bi0158Rbt
Photograph by G. R. Roberts

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Gannets and boobies', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
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