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kittiwake
kittiwake: see gull.
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kittiwake
or black-legged kittiwake

White oceanic gull (Rissa tridactyla) with pearl-gray mantle, black-tipped wings, black feet, and yellow bill. Kittiwakes nest on narrow cliff ledges along the North and South Atlantic coasts. The red-legged kittiwake (R. brevirostris) is found in the Bering Sea region.

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Status of high Arctic black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colonies in Barrow Strait, Nunavut, Canada.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ABSTRACT. We used aerial survey estimates, photographic censuses, and plot counts to examine trends in the size of five...
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Fifteen years of experience reflected in North Sea Kittiwake platform. (Shell Exploration and Development Ltd.'s offshore oil well drilling platform)
May 07, 1991; Fifteen Years of Experience Reflected in North Sea Kittiwake Platform HOUSTON -- Fifteen years of North Sea experience and...
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Gull with the gentlest countenance ; Kittiwakes calling, fulmars gliding and a few herring gulls watching the sea which breaks in gentle white waves on the rocks below. Is it true that every seventh wave is biggest? Is it correct that sailors folded their bell-bottoms in seven folds for this reason? That's how I was told it in days of yore.
Apr 27, 2009; Kittiwakes calling, fulmars gliding and a few herring gulls watching the sea which breaks in gentle white waves on the rocks...
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Rain blamed for fall in kittiwake numbers
Aug 13, 2008; The recent wet summers have been blamed for a decline in seabirds nesting and breeding in Westcountry waters. For the last two...
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Kittiwakes splash down in the lake
Dec 08, 2007; Birdwatchers and nature lovers were given a treat when kittiwakes arrived at the Chew Valley lake, near Bristol. Members of the...
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