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Black-legged Kittiwakes nesting in eavestrough and on the roof of a building in Tromsø, Norway
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Kittiwakes are an endangered species, but also a nuisance in Tromsø, Norway, because they nest on buildings. Considerable effort has been made to find ways of preventing the mess they make without harming the birds, however many still nest on buildings. In this image "fish scale" slates ,...
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Kingfisher and loon painted cut-out figures on exterior wall of the Yellowknife Inn in Yellowknife, NWT
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On the corrugated metal exterior wall of the Yellowknife Inn in Yellowknife, facing a parking lot, are painted cut-out figures of birds and berries. Names are given in several languages. These are all part of an urban art project. These two images are of a kingfisher with a fish in it's beak...
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2024-06-10
Kittwakes are both an endangered species and a nuisance in Tromsø, Norway. Kittiwakes nest on sea cliffs and mistake the tops of buildings for cliffs. To try to get them to stop nesting on rooftops, kittiwake hotels have been constructed. These are tall backboards with many small shelves...
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2015-07-10
On the day this photo was taken, about 20 ring-billed gulls were on the ground and over Frame Lake. At the picnic tables they were quite aggressive, looking for food. They were visible on the rocks of an island in Frame Lake which was also occupied by terns. Ring-bill gulls were also on light...
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2016-07-12
This snow bunting skin was prepared at the Heinrich Springer Ornithology Laboratory of the Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The skins are mounted on a stick, so that they can be handled without touching the skin. This specimen was collected at St. Neill Island, Big Lake,...