Migrating seabirds, northern gannets, Morus bassanus, search for fish at the mouth of the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. These spectacular divers, plunge at high speed from heights of 130 feet after small fish near the water's surface. The birds spend their winters at sea and nest in only a few colonies worldwide.

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