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Red-legged Kittiwake
[Rissa brevirostris]

[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, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1984)

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Red-legged Kittiwake
[Rissa brevirostris]

[Length 15 in. Wingspan 33 in.]

This Red-legged Kittiwake was photographed at Pribilof Islands, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1984)

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Black Noddy
[Anous minutus]

[Length 13.5 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Black Noddy was photographed on the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1981)

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Brown Noddy
[Anous stolidus]

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This Brown Noddy in flight was photographed at the south jetty, Port Aransas, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 23, 2009)

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Black Skimmer
[Rynchops niger]

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 44 in.]

Black Skimmers are Tern-like birds which breed in colonies on coastal outer beaches and major river systems in southern North America and much of South America. In North America the occur from Long Island, New York south to Florida, and across the Gulf states to Texas. They get their name from their unique method of feeding, in which they skim the surface of the water with just the tip of their lower bill as they fly low over the water. This one was photographed resting in the sand along the Kennedy Causeway in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1981)

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Black Skimmer
[Rynchops niger]

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 44 in.]

This Black Skimmer was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=330mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2006)

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Black Skimmer
[Rynchops niger]

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 44 in.]

This Black Skimmer was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 6, 2008)

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Black Skimmer
[Rynchops niger]

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 44 in.]

This adult Black Skimmer was photographed at the Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: August 23, 2009)

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