[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Wilson's Storm-Petrel was photographed on a pelagic boat trip out of Hatteras, North Carolina. Photo taken with a Soligor 300mm f5.6 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1978)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Surfbird was photographed at the Packery Channel South Jetty, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: March 29, 2012)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Surfbird in flight was photographed on the beach at Marina Del Rey, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1982)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

Surfbirds breed in tundra foothills in eastern Alaska and western Canada. They are common migrants and wintering birds along the west coast of the US. This one was photographed on the beach at Marina Del Rey in southern California. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1982)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Surfbird was photographed at the Packery Channel South Jetty, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: March 29, 2012)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Surfbird was photographed at the Packery Channel South Jetty, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: March 29, 2012)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Surfbird was photographed at the Packery Channel South Jetty, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: March 29, 2012)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Surfbird in flight was photographed at the Packery Channel South Jetty, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=150mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: March 28, 2012)