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Mugimaki Flycatcher
[Ficedula mugimaki]

[Length 5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Mugimaki Flycatcher was photographed on the Ebino Plateau highlands on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

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Glaucous Gull
[Larus hyperboreus]

[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This adult Glaucous Gull was photographed on the shores of the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

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Glaucous Gull
[Larus hyperboreus]

[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This immature Glaucous Gull was photographed on the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

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Glaucous Gull
[Larus hyperboreus]

[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This adult Glaucous Gull in flight was photographed along the shores of the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

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Saunders's Gull
[Saundersilarus saundersi]

[Length 12.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

The Saunder's Gull is one of the rarest gulls in the world. There are only about 4,000 of these birds, all of which breed in central China. They winter along the coasts of China and Japan at a few well-known locations. This Saunder's Gull was photographed on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

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Saunders's Gull
[Saundersilarus saundersi]

[Length 12.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Saunder's Gull in flight was photographed on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

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Slaty-backed Gull
[Larus schistisagus]

[Length 23.75 in. Wingspan 58 in.]

This Slaty-backed Gull was photographed on the docks at Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

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Gray Heron
[Ardea cinerea]

[Length 36 in. Wingspan 63 in.]

This Grey Heron was photographed near Izumi on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

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