{"id":77002,"date":"2021-02-17T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/?p=77002"},"modified":"2021-02-17T22:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T02:29:02","slug":"black-legged-kittiwake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/black-legged-kittiwake\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-legged Kittiwake"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77002\" class=\"elementor elementor-77002\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e47ad9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e47ad9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-260eebd\" data-id=\"260eebd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210a06ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"210a06ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76938\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48faadd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48faadd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/205978641\">\u00a9 Lars Petersson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e95b4dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e95b4dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76939\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fadc12b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fadc12b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/44831661\">\u00a9 Nigel Voaden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e45bbd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"3e45bbd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-77002-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/XC589710-Black-legged-Kittiwake-Rissa-tridactyla.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/XC589710-Black-legged-Kittiwake-Rissa-tridactyla.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/XC589710-Black-legged-Kittiwake-Rissa-tridactyla.mp3\">https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/XC589710-Black-legged-Kittiwake-Rissa-tridactyla.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b44a559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b44a559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/589710\">\u00a9 Simon Elliott<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-538d4a9f\" data-id=\"538d4a9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4200edf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4200edf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Locally common from April to August around its breeding colonies, many of which are in reasonably accessible locations in Alaska, eastern Canada, Iceland, the British Isles, and Norway, with a few more southerly in continental Europe: Denmark (Hirtshals and Bulbjerg), France (Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Fr\u00e9hel), and Spain (Cabo Vil\u00e1n).\u00a0 Seen commonly on pelagic trips in the North Pacific and North Atlantic.\u00a0 In Alaskan, Canadian, and western European waters it is common year-round.\u00a0 In Japanese and most U.S. waters\u2014especially from California and New York south\u2014it occurs mainly from October to April.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50b1f99 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"50b1f99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a9aada1\" data-id=\"5a9aada1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb8e1d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb8e1d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Black-legged Kittiwake<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a3b253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20a3b253\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Rissa tridactyla<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bf84f86\" data-id=\"2bf84f86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46276a9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46276a9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/family-laridae\/\"><strong>Family: Laridae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ca841aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ca841aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23886561\" data-id=\"23886561\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3573c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e3573c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Breeds from arctic to cold temperate latitudes and winters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23f16628 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23f16628\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41ef1ddb\" data-id=\"41ef1ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a37f39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a37f39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Black-legged-Kittiwake-Map-1024x524.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76937\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Black-legged-Kittiwake-Map-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Black-legged-Kittiwake-Map-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Black-legged-Kittiwake-Map-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Black-legged-Kittiwake-Map.png 1092w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f992ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f992ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/species\/Rissa-tridactyla\">\u00a9 Xeno-Canto 2021<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d81c626 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d81c626\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6255b4d9\" data-id=\"6255b4d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446bcd88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"446bcd88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Breeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Breeds from April to August in large colonies on cliff ledges.\u00a0 In some parts of Europe, also nests on the ledges of buildings.<\/p><p>North Atlantic populations (<em>tridactyla<\/em>) breed from the Canadian Archipelago, both coasts of Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, and Novaya Zemlya, south to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and northwestern Spain.<\/p><p>North Pacific populations (<em>pollicaris<\/em>) breed from the Arctic coast of eastern Siberia and northwestern Alaska south to the western coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, the Kurile Islands, and south-coastal Alaska east to Glacier Bay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fc5414f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fc5414f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be97bfb\" data-id=\"be97bfb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a5b7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4a5b7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake10.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea1bdcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ea1bdcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake pair at nest.\u00a0 (Horn\u00f8ya, Vard\u00f8, Finnmark, Norway; April 5, 2011.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/64889251\">\u00a9 Christoph Moning<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3ab18d\" data-id=\"e3ab18d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b54662e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b54662e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Nonbreeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Disperses throughout cold areas of the North Pacific and North Atlantic from the edge of the sea-ice southward.\u00a0 Tends to remain some distance offshore, but often in near-coastal, continental shelf waters.<\/p><p>Winters south to southern Japan, southern Baja California, North Carolina, Azores, the Canary Islands, and the western Mediterranean.<\/p><p>Scattered individuals regularly wander south to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Hawaii, Nayarit, Florida, throughout the interiors of North America (especially around the Great Lakes) and Europe, and along coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula, Black Sea, and eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eceb00f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eceb00f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7496ff\" data-id=\"a7496ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d2ffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34d2ffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Also somewhat regular as a fall and winter vagrant along northern coasts of the Arabian Sea from the U.A.E. to Karnataka.\u00a0 More exceptional vagrants have been recorded from the Gulf of Siam and the southern Caribbean, including Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Barbados, and Trinidad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36f82483 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36f82483\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42c543d\" data-id=\"42c543d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1854d495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1854d495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>A small gull with distinctive black wing-tips so crisply defined that they seem to have been dipped in ink.\u00a0 Other notable features are its unmarked straw-yellow bill and black feet.<\/p><p>Adults in breeding plumage have clean white heads, whereas in nonbreeding plumage they have variable, smudgy head markings dominated by a gray cowl on the hindcrown and nape, and a darker, blackish auricular spot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c76088f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c76088f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76950\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake13.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake13-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake13-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f2411c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f2411c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Bogoslova Island, Kamchatski Kraj, Russia; July 3, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/168962451\">\u00a9 Peder Svingen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e24195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68e24195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76948\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake11.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Farne Islands National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, England; June 3, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/86172171\">\u00a9 John Drummond<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ae19bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69ae19bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake12.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362c2c60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"362c2c60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Nor\u00f0urland Eystra, Iceland; July 12, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/111467151\">\u00a9 Braden Collard<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6df1502d\" data-id=\"6df1502d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732e0101 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"732e0101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76940\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake3-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5240dd7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5240dd7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, showing ink-dipped wingtip pattern.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; June 12, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/133343201\">\u00a9 Ryan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f8f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58f8f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d457e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50d457e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; June 18, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204875651\">\u00a9 Phillip Edwards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397d5b6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"397d5b6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76942\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake5-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e00497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34e00497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Cape St. Mary\u2019s Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland; July 16, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/169007661\">\u00a9 Nick Lund<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651e6ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"651e6ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76944\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake7.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c92e60e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c92e60e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; June 20, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204875661\">\u00a9 Phillip Edwards<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a77f54a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a77f54a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-912f332\" data-id=\"912f332\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121cadba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"121cadba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76946\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake9.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ecdbd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65ecdbd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Kapp Waldburg, Svalbard; June 29, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/110962631\">\u00a9 Noah Strycker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69dbcab\" data-id=\"69dbcab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-384e2c87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"384e2c87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76945\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake8.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ec7a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39ec7a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Cape St. Mary\u2019s Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland; July 2, 2013.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/28586841\">\u00a9 Dorian Anderson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2c78a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2c78a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cb0a79\" data-id=\"2cb0a79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4ba59c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b4ba59c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake29.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76966\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake29.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake29-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-581cbcc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"581cbcc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Half Moon Bay, California; February 13, 2021.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/307298561\">\u00a9 Michael Hingerty<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-331753d\" data-id=\"331753d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdec767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdec767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake27.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76964\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake27.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake27-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496cd617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"496cd617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; September 7, 2013.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/51556901\">\u00a9 Alix d\u2019Entremont<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3121fee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3121fee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37cca8d\" data-id=\"37cca8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20498b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20498b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76955\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake18.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake18-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31231f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a31231f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Scotland; June 24, 2011.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/220129321\">\u00a9 Vincent Gaillard<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d85776f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d85776f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76958\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake21.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e02adc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e02adc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Flatrock Point, Newfoundland; June 4, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/60294491\">\u00a9 Alvan Buckley<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5147f327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5147f327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76956\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake19.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake19-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17044834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17044834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; May 29, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/133271701\">\u00a9 Ryan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6024f4c\" data-id=\"6024f4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b26f701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b26f701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76951\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake14.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake14-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29bb164f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29bb164f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; May 24, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/46355011\">\u00a9 Nigel Voaden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed4b6de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ed4b6de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76952\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake15.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake15-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52870c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52870c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; June 16, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/133377821\">\u00a9 Ryan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f816b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17f816b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76954\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake17.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake17-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255c6b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"255c6b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Handa Island, Scotland; June 22, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/44831071\">\u00a9 Nigel Voaden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bfd710 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bfd710\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15d9d60\" data-id=\"15d9d60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701cd0df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"701cd0df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake33.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76970\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake33.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake33-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64005c25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64005c25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Offshore from Bethany Beach, Delaware; February 1, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/208442411\">\u00a9 Jonathan Irons<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-621ba0ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"621ba0ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake34.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76971\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake34.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake34-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73fcfc69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73fcfc69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Offshore from Chatham, Massachusetts; November 10, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/20945991\">\u00a9 Evan Lipton<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1482ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d1482ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76959\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake22.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake22-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9046bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a9046bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; June 12, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/133342691\">\u00a9 Ryan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-540f7e5\" data-id=\"540f7e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f7fe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22f7fe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake32.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76969\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake32.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake32-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d9f7e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d9f7e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Offshore from Bethany Beach, Delaware; February 1, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/210750751\">\u00a9 Daniel Irons<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d113a7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d113a7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake23.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76960\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake23.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake23-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157467c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"157467c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Forteau Bay, Labrador; August 5, 2017.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/65429741\">\u00a9 John &amp; Ivy Gibbons<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3320e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d3320e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76961\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake24.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake24-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac4dcf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ac4dcf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Mushamna, Svalbard; June 9, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/63884921\">\u00a9 Christoph Moning<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26029d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26029d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6d8ac5\" data-id=\"b6d8ac5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74227b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74227b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76963\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake26.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake26-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3969b203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3969b203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; May 25, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/46356881\">\u00a9 Nigel Voaden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b6ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37b6ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76962\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake25.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake25-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffbb9be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ffbb9be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; May 29, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/133271491\">\u00a9 Ryan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-903b340\" data-id=\"903b340\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aef6d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2aef6d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake36.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76973\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake36.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake36-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-426ca74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"426ca74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Offshore from Ocean City, Maryland; February 1, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/210611241\">\u00a9 Daniel Irons<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-557bddd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"557bddd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake35.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76972\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake35.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake35-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c1d4bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c1d4bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, nonbreeding plumage.\u00a0 (Offshore from Bethany Beach, Delaware; February 1, 2020.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/210752191\">\u00a9 Daniel Irons<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-649d3c16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"649d3c16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f14345f\" data-id=\"1f14345f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2438696 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2438696\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Immature Plumages.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Juveniles have black bills and extensive black markings on the upperparts.<\/p><p>The head has a gray shadow on the hindcrown, with a blacker auricular spot, and the back of the neck is predominantly black\u2014a wide black half-collar.\u00a0 These markings sometimes appear as two black collars.<\/p><p>The wings have thick black bars on the secondary coverts and outer primaries, which contrast with a large white triangle on the trailing edge of the wing.\u00a0 In flight, these markings form a bold black \u201cM\u201d visible at long range.<\/p><p>The tail has a pronounced black terminal band.<\/p><p>During the first winter, the black markings on the head and wings lighten.\u00a0 First-summer subadult plumage resembles nonbreeding adult, often with traces of the juvenile markings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f760c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f760c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34ef1dc\" data-id=\"34ef1dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415c3f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"415c3f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76975\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake38.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake38-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b60c7a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b60c7a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Heimaey, Su\u00f0urland, Iceland; August 9, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/172151161\">\u00a9 Caleb Putnam<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f15147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f15147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake39.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake39.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake39-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c01c438 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c01c438\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Hamilton, Ontario; September 7, 2009.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/47559461\">\u00a9 Brandon Holden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e15d2d1\" data-id=\"e15d2d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aaf46e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6aaf46e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake37.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76974\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake37.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake37-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e55349d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e55349d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Lake Havasu, California; January 20, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/136257531\">\u00a9 Matthew Grube<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b06f7af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b06f7af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake40.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76977\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake40.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake40-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f8fb77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27f8fb77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Heimaey, Su\u00f0urland, Iceland; August 9, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/172151141\">\u00a9 Caleb Putnam<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f0b9c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f0b9c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73b6738\" data-id=\"73b6738\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-481e27b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"481e27b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76985\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake48.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake48-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207b1e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"207b1e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Lake Macatawa, Michigan; January 4, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/80582051\">\u00a9 Kevin Vande Vusse<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7271f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7271f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake50.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake50.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake50-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5ac789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d5ac789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (East of Chatham, Massachusetts; November 10, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/20945971\">\u00a9 Evan Lipton<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd43598\" data-id=\"cd43598\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e3f55ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e3f55ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76983\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake46.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake46-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354f1346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"354f1346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Point Pinos, California; December 16, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/42757781\">\u00a9 Paul Fenwick<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7413afc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7413afc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake57.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76994\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake57.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake57-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4379b473 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4379b473\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Lake Macatawa, Michigan; January 4, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/80582071\">\u00a9 Kevin Vande Vusse<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2586d1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2586d1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bea61fd\" data-id=\"bea61fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca75c4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca75c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake51.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76988\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake51.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake51-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f127050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f127050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Helgoland, Germany; August 3, 2009.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/63571981\">\u00a9 Christoph Moning<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484eb2f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"484eb2f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake47.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76984\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake47.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake47-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10bd159c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10bd159c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Ekker\u00f8ya, Finnmark, Norway; July 27, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/198649671\">\u00a9 Volker Hesse<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a821df1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a821df1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake49.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76986\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake49.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake49-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5263be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f5263be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake.\u00a0 (Lake Macatawa, Michigan; January 4, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/80582041\">\u00a9 Kevin Vande Vusse<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d89fb08\" data-id=\"d89fb08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac1b37e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ac1b37e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake53.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76990\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake53.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake53-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fdee88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fdee88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; August 27, 2012.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/135339501\">\u00a9 Ryan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a18fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63a18fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake55.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76992\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake55.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake55-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb9333 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fb9333\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Offshore from Cape May, New Jersey; January 27, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/84995541\">\u00a9 Marilyn Henry<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6ee2b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a6ee2b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake59.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76996\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake59.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake59-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c6960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8c6960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona; January 20, 2019.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/136345291\">\u00a9 Christopher Lindsey<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d836e10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d836e10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9249978\" data-id=\"9249978\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-501b72bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"501b72bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake62.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76999\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake62.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake62-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141971a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"141971a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Hamilton, Ontario; September 7, 2009.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/47425621\">\u00a9 Brandon Holden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e49404\" data-id=\"6e49404\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb07a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcb07a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake54.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76991\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake54.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake54-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63927946 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63927946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Hoover Reservoir, Westerville, Ohio; November 13, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/123355661\">\u00a9 Brad Imhoff<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f801d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f801d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1f7520\" data-id=\"e1f7520\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d45772d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d45772d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake60.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76997\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake60-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-925e259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"925e259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Lake Macatawa, Michigan; February 8, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/85137101\">\u00a9 Aaron Boone<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f795a64\" data-id=\"f795a64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c6ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4c6ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake58.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76995\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake58.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake58-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20290592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20290592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, immature.\u00a0 (Lake Macatawa, Michigan; February 8, 2018.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/85136411\">\u00a9 Aaron Boone<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7059a782 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7059a782\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e6622da\" data-id=\"4e6622da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff4190c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ff4190c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake64.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-77001\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake64.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake64-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9e2421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c9e2421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, first-summer subadult with bill turning yellow.\u00a0 (Farne Islands National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, England; June 3, 2015.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/86172491\">\u00a9 John Drummond<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-253ac06a\" data-id=\"253ac06a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19d29d42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19d29d42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake63.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-77000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake63.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BlackleggedKittiwake63-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8bce33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d8bce33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwake, first-summer subadult with bill turning yellow.\u00a0 (Handa Island, Scotland; June 22, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/44831021\">\u00a9 Nigel Voaden<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73db8d5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73db8d5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-743c2a25\" data-id=\"743c2a25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c7865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c2c7865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><em>Voice.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Characteristic calls are nasal squeals and chatter, sometimes stuttering (sometimes approximating \u201c<strong><em>kittiwake<\/em><\/strong>\u201d to some people\u2019s ears), chuckling or building to a rhythmic peals of laughter: <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/589710\/embed?simple=1\" width=\"340\" height=\"115\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35515a8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35515a8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bc15ed2\" data-id=\"7bc15ed2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb26beb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eb26beb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/red-legged-kittiwake\/\">Red-legged Kittiwake<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Red-legged and Black-legged Kittiwakes are similar, closely related species, which occur together throughout Red-legged\u2019s range.\u00a0 Adult leg color is the most obvious difference, but not always visible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5210e11b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5210e11b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-754ea8c3\" data-id=\"754ea8c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61304c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61304c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In flight, adult Red-legged can be distinguished at long range by its darker gray mantle and mostly gray undersides of the flight feathers\u2014which are mostly white on Black-legged.\u00a0 Red-legged also has more extensive black on the leading edge of the primaries.<\/p><p>If only the head can be seen well, Red-legged can be distinguished by its much shorter bill and sometimes by the apparent size or shape of its head, which often appears disproportionately large, at least in comparison to its short bill.<\/p><p>Immature Red-legged differs from immature Black-legged in that it never shows a black tail tip and does not develop a full black \u201cM\u201d on the upperparts\u2014on Red-legged, the black is always limited to the primaries.\u00a0 Note that juvenile Red-legged has black legs, so leg color becomes a reliable distinction during the first winter as Red-legged\u2019s legs turn pale, then, pink, then red.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-541a126c\" data-id=\"541a126c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50bfaf06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50bfaf06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RedleggedKittiwake53.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-76656\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RedleggedKittiwake53.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RedleggedKittiwake53-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64b86065 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64b86065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black-legged Kittiwakes with two Red-legged in foreground and one in flight in the background\u2014note Red-legged\u2019s darker gray mantle and short bill.\u00a0 (St. Paul Island, Alaska; June 7, 2016.) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/205978781\">\u00a9 Lars Petersson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23b4630 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23b4630\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49fe7615\" data-id=\"49fe7615\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28265982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28265982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. Immature Little Gull.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Immature Black-legged Kittiwake and Little Gull can show approximately the same plumage pattern, with blackish head markings and a bold black \u201cM\u201d on the upperparts.\u00a0 The distribution of black on the upperparts differs, as Little has more extensively black upperwings with somewhat paler secondaries.\u00a0 At later stages where Little has a clearly defined \u201cM\u201d pattern, its neck is usually pale whereas the kittiwake retains a bold dark collar.\u00a0 The underwings also differ: the kittiwake\u2019s are mostly white whereas Little\u2019s are mostly dark-gray.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e458e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e458e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-530a795\" data-id=\"530a795\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e11f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e11f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. Immature Ross\u2019s Gull.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Immature Black-legged Kittiwake and Ross\u2019s Gull can show approximately the same plumage pattern, with blackish head markings and a bold black \u201cM\u201d on the upperparts.\u00a0 Their head patterns usually differ, as the kittiwake has heavy black markings including a thick, smudgy blackish collar, which Ross\u2019s lacks.\u00a0 Although the uppersides of their wings are similar, the undersides differ: the kittiwake\u2019s are mostly white whereas Ross\u2019s\u2019 are generally dark-gray.\u00a0 Ross\u2019s also differs in having a longer, wedge-shaped tail that has black tips mainly on the longer, central feathers, whereas the kittiwake has a square with an even-width, terminal black band.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08926b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08926b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20b6430\" data-id=\"20b6430\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9dc9b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9dc9b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Cf. Immature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/sabines-gull\/\">Sabine\u2019s Gull<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Immature Black-legged Kittiwake has a wide white triangle on the trailing edge of its upperwing, much like the white triangle on Sabine\u2019s Gull\u2019s upperwing.\u00a0 Unlike Sabine\u2019s, the kittiwake plumages that have this triangle also have a bold black bar across the coverts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c63632a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c63632a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f987ff\" data-id=\"8f987ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312c88d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"312c88d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Polytypic species consisting of two recognized subspecies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35202a14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35202a14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3482193\" data-id=\"3482193\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64446096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64446096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Alderfer, J., and J.L. Dunn. 2014. <em>National Geographic Complete Birds of North America (Second Edition)<\/em>. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.<\/p><p>BirdLife International. 2019. <em>Rissa tridactyla<\/em> (amended version of 2018 assessment). <em>The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019:<\/em> e.T22694497A155617539. <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694497A155617539.en\">https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694497A155617539.en<\/a>. (Accessed February 15, 2021.)<\/p><p>Brazil, M. 2009. <em>Birds of East Asia.<\/em> Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebird.org\">http:\/\/www.ebird.org<\/a>. (Accessed February 15, 2021.)<\/p><p>Garcia-del-Rey, E. 2011. <em>Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde<\/em>. Lynx Editions, Barcelona.<\/p><p>Harrison, P. 1983. <em>Seabirds: An Identification Guide<\/em>. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.<\/p><p>Howell, S.N.G., and J.L. Dunn. 2007. <em>Gulls of the Americas<\/em>. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.<\/p><p>Howell, S.N.G., and S. Webb. 1995. <em>A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America<\/em>. Oxford University Press.<\/p><p>Kirwan, G.M., A. Levesque, M. Oberle, and C.J. Sharpe. 2019. <em>Birds of the West Indies<\/em>. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.<\/p><p>Mullarney, K., L. Svensson, D. Zetterstr\u00f6m, and P.J. Grant. 1999. <em>Birds of Europe.<\/em> Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Pyle, R.L., and P. Pyle. 2017. <em>The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status<\/em>. Version 2 (January 1, 2017). <a href=\"http:\/\/hbs.bishopmuseum.org\/birds\/rlp-monograph\/\">http:\/\/hbs.bishopmuseum.org\/birds\/rlp-monograph\/<\/a>. B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/p><p>Sibley, D.A. 2000. <em>The Sibley Guide to Birds<\/em>. Alfred A. Knopf. New York.<\/p><p>van Perlo, B. 2002. <em>Birds of Western and Central Africa<\/em>. Princeton University Press.<\/p><p>Xeno-Canto. 2021. Black-legged Kittiwake \u2013 <em>Rissa tridactyla<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/species\/Rissa-tridactyla\">https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/species\/Rissa-tridactyla<\/a>. (Accessed February 15, 2021.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Lars Petersson \u00a9 Nigel Voaden \u00a9 Simon Elliott Birdfinding.info \u21d2\u00a0 Locally common from April to August around its breeding colonies, many of which are in reasonably accessible locations in Alaska, eastern Canada, Iceland, the British Isles, and Norway, with a few more southerly in continental Europe: Denmark (Hirtshals and Bulbjerg), France (Cap Blanc Nez 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