[Length 18.5 to 23 in. Wingspan 52 in.]

This immature Pomarine Jaeger was photographed as it soared alongside the boat on a pelagic trip out of Montauk, Long Island in New York. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1987)

[Length 18.5 to 23 in. Wingspan 52 in.]

This adult Pomarine Jaeger, showing the "spoon" shaped tail feathers characteristic of this species, was photographed as it soared alongside the boat on a pelagic trip out of Montauk, Long Island in New York. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1987)

[Length 18.5 to 23 in. Wingspan 52 in.]

This dark phase Pomarine Jaeger was photographed from the Homer to Kodiak ferry in Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Black-legged Kittiwake was photographed at Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Stonehaven, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 28, 2004)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Black-legged Kittiwake was photographed at Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Stonehaven, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 28, 2004)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Black-legged Kittiwake in flight was photographed along the cliffs at the Cape St. Mary's Seabird Sanctuary in Newfoundland, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1994)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

Black-legged Kittiwakes breed in large colonies on cliff faces across the high Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, and along the northeast coast of Canada. In North America they winter at sea along the west coasts of Canada and the US. Black-legged Kittiwakes are distinguished from other gulls by their small, plain, greenish-yellow bill and overall small size, and from the similar Mew Gull by the "dipped in ink" black tips of their wings which show no white spots. The Black-legged Kittiwake gets its name from its monotonous calls of "KITTI WAKE KITTI WAKE". This Black-legged Kittiwake was photographed at its nesting cliffs on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: June 1984)

[Length 15 in. Wingspan 33 in.]

This Red-legged Kittiwake was photographed at its nesting cliffs on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1984)