Laridae - Skuas, Gulls & Terns

Many of the species in our gallery of images are poorly represented in print with in flight photos. Feel free to download and print for personal use, i.e. study. For any other uses, contact Brian Patteson for permission.

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Great Skua In flight - Feb. grsk2-34.jpg
Great Skua On water w/ wings raised - Feb. grsk2-35.jpg
Great Skua In flight, looking hunch-backed - Feb. grsk3-65.jpg
Great Skua In flight, close showing 'talons and hooked beak' - Feb. grsk3-67.jpg
South Polar Skua Side/Dorsal view in flight - 5/23/03 spsk052303_copy.jpg
South Polar Skua Dorsal view in flight - 8/11/01 0811n15 copy.JPG
South Polar Skua Ventral view in flight - 8/11/01 0811n6 copy.JPG
South Polar Skua In flight - taken 5/25/01 spsk.JPG
South Polar Skua On water - Aug. spsk2-36.jpg
South Polar Skua On water - June spsk2-37.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, side view - 5/24/02 020524poja.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, ventral view - 5/24/02 020524poja2.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, dorsal view, dark morph - 5/24/02 020524poja3.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, side view - 5/24/02 020524poja4.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger 2 fighting on water - 5/24/02 020524poja5.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, side view - 5/24/02 020524poja6.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, ventral view - 5/24/02 020524pojab1.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, side view - 5/24/02 020524pojab2.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, dorsal view - 5/24/02 020524pojab3.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Sitting on water - 5/24/02 020524pojab4.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Flying, ventral view - 5/24/02 020524pojab5.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Dorsal view in flight - 8/18/01 0818n15 copy.JPG
Pomarine Jaeger In mixed flock of Wilson's Storm-Petrels plus a Greater Shearwater and a Band-rumped Storm-Petrel - Band-rumped is at the bottom of image mixed2.JPG
Pomarine Jaeger In flight - ventral view - flying away poja2.JPG
Pomarine Jaeger Adult in flight - ventral/side view poja3.JPG
Pomarine Jaeger In flight - ventral view poja4.JPG
Pomarine Jaeger In flight - ventral view - silhouetted poja5.JPG
Pomarine Jaeger Adult in flight - Aug. poja2-39.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Adult in flight - May poja2-64.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Head-on - May poja3-10.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Immature on water w/ Cory's Shearwater - Sept. poja3-70.jpg
Pomarine Jaeger Adult in flight - May poja3-9.jpg
Parasitic Jaeger Flying, side view - 5/25/02 020525paja.jpg
Parasitic Jaeger Adult on flotsam - May paja2-38.jpg
Parasitic Jaeger Immature in flight - Sept. paja3-78.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Flying, ventral view - 5/24/02 020524ltja.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Flying, side view - 5/24/02 020524ltja2.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Flying, ventral view - 5/24/02 020524ltja3.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Flying, ventral view - 5/24/02 020524ltja4.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Flying, dorsal view - 5/24/02 020524ltja5.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Flying, dorsal view - 5/24/02 020524ltjab2.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Ventral view in flight - 7/7/01 0707n10 copy.JPG
Long-tailed Jaeger Ventral view in flight - 7/7/01 0707n11 copy.JPG
Long-tailed Jaeger Juvenile showing rounded tail projections - Aug. ltja2-40.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Juvenile taking off - close - Aug. ltja2-41.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Subadult dorsal - May ltja2-43.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Juvenile - dorsal view - Aug. ltja2-44.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Subadult - May ltja3-4.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Juvenile - ventral - Aug. ltja3-63.jpg
Long-tailed Jaeger Pale Juvenile - close - Aug. ltja3-64.jpg
Black-legged Kittiwake Adult - dorsal view - February blki2-46.jpg
Black-legged Kittiwake Adult - Dec. blki2-45.jpg
Black-legged Kittiwake Adult - Feb. blki2-47.jpg
Black-legged Kittiwake First winter - Dec. blki3-74.jpg
Sabine’s Gull Juvenile in flight - Sept. sagu2-48.jpg
Sabine’s Gull Adult in flight - June sagu3-75.jpg
"Cayenne" Tern At 102 degree tower off Oregon Inlet, NC - July sate3-13.jpg
"Cayenne" Tern At 102 degree tower off Oregon Inlet, NC - July sate3-14.jpg
"Cayenne" Tern At 102 degree tower off Oregon Inlet, NC - July sate3-15.jpg
Common Tern In flight - side view cote.JPG
Common Tern In flight - ventral view cote2.JPG
Arctic Tern In flight - 5/23/03 arte052503_copy.jpg
Arctic Tern 2nd Summer - June arte2-49.jpg
Arctic Tern Adult - June arte2-50.jpg
Arctic Tern Adult - dorsal - May arte3-76.jpg
Arctic Tern Adult - June arte3-78.jpg
Roseate Tern 5/23/03 roseate052503_copy.jpg
Bridled Tern Juvenile - off North Carolina - September brte3-1.jpg
Bridled Tern Juvenile - over sargasso weed - September brte3-3.jpg
Bridled Tern Pair on flotsam - May brte2-51.jpg
Bridled Tern Adult on flotsam - Aug. brte2-52.jpg
Bridled Tern Juvenile in flight - Aug. brte2-53.jpg
Bridled Tern Juvenile on flotsam (on right) w/ Black Tern - Aug. brte2-65.jpg
Bridled Tern Adult in flight, dorsal - July brte3-16.jpg
Bridled Tern Adult in flight, ventral - Aug. brte3-2.jpg
Sooty Tern Juvenile & adult sote2-57.jpg
Sooty Tern Adult w/ aberrant upperwing - off North Carolina - September sote3-79.jpg
Sooty Tern Juvenile in flight, showing underwing - Aug. sote2-54.jpg
Sooty Tern Juvenile in flight, showing upperwing - Aug. sote2-55.jpg
Sooty Tern Adult in flight - ventral - Aug. sote2-56.jpg
Sooty Tern Adult in flight - close - May sote3-80.jpg

 

Diomedeidae - Albatrosses
Procellariidae- Petrels & Shearwaters
Hydrobatidae- Storm-Petrels
Phaethontidae- Tropicbirds
Sulidae- Gannets & Boobies
Scolopacidae- Phalaropes
Alcidae- Dovekie, Murres, Auks, & Puffins

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Last modified: September 05, 2010