Once installed
in their nest, the gannet rapidly engage a confrontation with their immediate
neighbors. If the neighbors are as
quarrelsome as they are, the exchange might last a few minutes, otherwise only
a few seconds is all that it takes to calm the burst of agressivity that is
needed to confirm the territory’s ownership.
Once settled, the couple rapidly forgets his neighbors and start a short
courtship display. Too bad that a
picture doesn’t talk because the sounds emitted by the bird stretching his neck
is frightening… A few pecking exchanges
between the couple, just like fencing fighters and finally, the mating takes
place on the nest and one of the birds leaves to go fishing. Imagine 100 000 birds confined on the
same cliff repeating this ritual all day long… something to become crazy about…
Have a good day. Louis
