Talk:Gannet

Default OED link is a behind a paywall
This link will provide an image of the citation--without violating copyright-- but I don't know how to add it. I'm hoping someone here can do so. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=oed+gannet&= --Dhugot (talk) 15:40, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Untitled
So does Gannet belong to Pelecaniformes or Passeriformes?


 * oops!. At least not quite as bad as the Gray Whale I had as a marsupial. thanks. jimfbleak 07:49 30 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Pelecaniformes vs Passeriformes
The scientific classification box still shows order Passeriformes instead of Pelecaniformes. I know nothing about this, so I don't know if it's correct or not, but it doesn't match the information given in the rest of the section and the previous comment would suggest it should be Pelecaniformes.

Wet their Nests?
Is there any truth to Monty Python's suggestion that Gannets wet their nests?

Yes, their nests are constructed from Guano. 

Actually, this reference is a later appropriation by Monty Python. The original sketch is from At Last the 1948 Show, with John Cleese as the bookseller and Marty Feldman as the customer. Vincent (talk) 17:04, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Merge
I suggest merging both 'Booby' and 'Gannet' into 'Sulidae'. Maias 03:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

If anyone has comments for or against, please discuss at Talk:Sulidae. Maias 03:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

or expand?
wouldn't it be better to expand the article? There's not yet much information on here, but wikibirds is still a developing project. I'd rather see more inofrmation than less.--Jethrobrice 19:31, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Rep by pop?
Isn't Ile Bonaventure, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, largest single population, with 20K nesting pairs? Trekphiler 17:42, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Systematics and Evolution
'increased competition due to the spread of marine mammals and/or supernova activity'

Where's the evidence for this "supernova activity"? There are a plethora of sites on the web that carry some similar assertion, usually linked to the extinction of the mammoths, and all equally unsubstantiated. Where is the primary literature? All I've been able to find is a paper that Richard Firestone delivered to a seminar, that was subsequently cited by a couple of on-line science news sites. In other words, nothing at all in the peer-reviewed literature.

How seriously can you take this, when other sites on the web link this famous supernova to the disappearance of Atlantis? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.68.255.175 (talk) 13:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Guga
Guga is the Highland Gaelic name for the young gannet. Guga is hunted off the North West Coast of the Isle of Lewis and is a prized traditional cuisine. It needs its own article let alone more of a mention here. I suggest the book "The Guga Hunters" as an excellent source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.97.112 (talk) 21:51, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Colony size
All in East Lothian know the Bass is the largest colony of what used to be Sula Bassanus, so it was odd to see it relegated on this page. Citation and stats here: http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman-2-7475/environment/bass-rock-a-hard-place-for-gannets-1-2316938. Perhaps someone more competent than I can corroborate and correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.145.70 (talk) 10:26, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Alas, that link no longer works. I agree the article needs to be changed. The article on Bass Rock says that it has the largest colony. I don't know how that 20% figure was calculated for St. Kilda. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 16:59, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

More on behavior
Planet Earth (or a similar documentary) showed a flock hunting together. Do they always hunt this way? The same documentary also said that they spend years out on the water, only returning to land to breed. No mention of this in the article. If this is true, how do they sleep, on the wing, on the water? I found a forum where some guy thought that they slept on the water, but that is a poor reference. Mattman944 (talk) 01:22, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Boobies
I was about to remove the reference to boobies when I decided to check the link. Who knew! Vincent (talk) 17:01, 14 August 2020 (UTC)