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Updated 11/14: kittiwake, gull
!["Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK",]()
!["Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",]()
!["Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",]()
!["Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",]()
!["Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",]()
!["Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",]()
!["Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",]()
!["Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",]()
!["Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",]()
!["Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",]()
!["Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.",]()
!["Bonapart's gull",]()
!["Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County",]()
!["Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County",]()
!["Bonaparte's Gull (transitioning) - (Washington DC)",]()
!["California Gull (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["California Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",]()
!["California Gull - Summer Lake, OR",]()
!["Cormorants, gulls, & Brown Pelicans (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",]()
!["Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA",]()
!["Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA",]()
!["Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA",]()
!["Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",]()
!["Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",]()
!["Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",]()
!["Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Forster's Tern - Klamath Wildlife Preserve",]()
!["Franklin's Gull (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["Glacous Gull and Pelagic Cormorants (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",]()
!["Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park",]()
!["Gull (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR",]()
!["Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",]()
!["Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",]()
!["Gull - juvenile portrait (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grays Harbor, WA",]()
!["Gull rookery",]()
!["Gull rookery, Homer Spit",]()
!["Gulls (© Nick Viani) Gold Beach estuary of Rogue River",]()
!["Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater",]()
!["Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Humboldt Bay--North Spit Jetty, Arcata, CA",]()
!["Little Blue Heron, Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",]()
!["Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",]()
!["Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA",]()
!["Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA",]()
!["Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",]()
!["Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note: a small gull found breeding on remote oceanic islands at only four locations in the world, all in the Bering Sea.",]()
!["Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, San Rafael, CA",]()
!["Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani 1/21) Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, FL",]()
!["Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Sabine's Gull & Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",]()
!["Sabine's Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty, CA",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR",]()
!["White Pelicans and gulls (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",]()
!["Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
![Black Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR]()
![Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR]()
"Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.",
"Bonapart's gull",
"Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County",
"Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County",
"Bonaparte's Gull (transitioning) - (Washington DC)",
"California Gull (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"California Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"California Gull - Summer Lake, OR",
"Cormorants, gulls, & Brown Pelicans (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA",
"Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA",
"Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA",
"Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",
"Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",
"Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR",
"Forster's Tern - Klamath Wildlife Preserve",
"Franklin's Gull (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Glacous Gull and Pelagic Cormorants (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park",
"Gull (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR",
"Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",
"Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",
"Gull - juvenile portrait (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grays Harbor, WA",
"Gull rookery",
"Gull rookery, Homer Spit",
"Gulls (© Nick Viani) Gold Beach estuary of Rogue River",
"Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater",
"Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Humboldt Bay--North Spit Jetty, Arcata, CA",
"Little Blue Heron, Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",
"Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA",
"Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA",
"Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note: a small gull found breeding on remote oceanic islands at only four locations in the world, all in the Bering Sea.",
"Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, San Rafael, CA",
"Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani 1/21) Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, FL",
"Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Sabine's Gull & Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sabine's Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty, CA",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR",
"White Pelicans and gulls (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",
"Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
Black Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR
Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR