Black-legged Kittiwakes (adult & juvenile)

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Black-legged Kittiwakes (adult & juvenile) - Black-legged Kittiwake
Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA (August 2008)

This image has been used in a Birdguides article (October 2008) about the decline in the number of breeding pairs of Kittiwakes in the UK, particularly on Orkney.

Status is Vulnerable. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) / Wikpedia
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla / BirdForum
BirdLife International / Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla / Cornell Lab of Ornithology


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