Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Black-legged Kittiwake

Pigtail Recreation Area Long Trail (WSSC), November 11, 2023

Cornell’s All About Birds

 

Photo by Kurt Schwarz
Photo by Steve Luke

Compare with Bonaparte’s Gull

Note the kittiwake has a thicker bill than a Bonaparte’s Gull and the “M” pattern on the kittiwake was weaker because we were seeing it in November. Joe Hanfman

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