Bird of the Week – Black-legged Kittiwake
A handsome, delicate-looking gull, the Black-legged Kittiwake breeds in southcentral and southwestern coastal Alaska. Generally a colonial breeder, some of the rookeries are immense.
Black-legged Kittiwake in Flight, St. Paul Island
The species’ name probably comes from its call, which does sound very much like “kittiwake”. A small number of non-breeders can usually be found along the bridges on the easterly side of Valdez Arm.
Black-legged Kittiwake, St. Paul Island
The lemon-yellow bill, jet blacklegs and black-tipped wings are reliable field marks for this species.
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Youngest son,ben from iowa,will turn 34 on Friday June 13th.Oddly enough,ben was born on a Friday the 13th of June 1980. Guess his life is cursed. Has Dad’s bad back and took Dad’s good looks.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8212/20140610/rats-regret-making-poor-decisions-rat.htm
Rats regret making poor choices. dumbass dubya,not so much. Now scientists have figured out where the consciousness gene wingnuts are missing,ended up.
A walk in the forest with bears
Could be injurious to mike from iowa’s hairs
It’s those dang bears that can’t count
Cause hair follicle injuries to mount
Killer bears don’t come in numerical order,I swear. 🙂
Further reflections from the Tundra with a musk ox
Allows critical thinking outside the box
If one had a musk oxes hair
one could share with killer bears
Said mikey is sly as a fox
Comes a letter from the SPCA
Naked musk ox get colder each day
The answer is free
and easy to see
Tell mikey to stay in old ioway.
We can all just get along,only some of us can’t without fur coats,our own preferably.
Friday wuz hot and sultry and triggered late evening Waigon weather. Sunday morn,as we speak,ny furnace is running. Ma Nature is getting as bat-shit crazy as wingnuts. Looks like I might have some of the sweetest,stickiest overhead power lines in America. After Orioles sup on grape jelly,some head up overhead and wipe their beaks on the power lines.Good thing I don’t have bears or they would be falling all over me trying to get the jelly off the lines. Taters are gonna start blooming any day now if they don’t freeze out. Have yet to see or hear a cricket,except for here. I could use some abuse. Give it a shot.
Hey Slip, the Robertson clan is coming out with a Duck Commander themed,camo covered King James version bible. I didn’t know Mr Quackers could read.Does he migrate or is he a homey?
C’mon Mikey, everybody knows that all the ducks spend the winter in Jamaica. Lounge chair by the pool, sunglasses, one of those drinks with the little umbrella, lots of stories to catch up on.
Quackers usually flies on Qantas. Always wants a window seat. And the nice lady comes down the aisle, checks if his seatbelt is fastened, and gives him a little bag of nuts.
But reading the Bible? No, I don’t think you will catch Quackers doing that anytime soon.
Amazing photos. Thanks.