Updated 11/14: kittiwake, gull
![Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![A Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA]()
![Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.]()
![Black Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR]()
![Bonapart's gull]()
![Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County]()
![Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County]()
![Bonaparte's Gull (transitioning) - (Washington DC)]()
![California Gull (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico]()
![California Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA]()
![California Gull - juvenile (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grays Harbor, WA]()
![California Gull - Summer Lake, OR]()
![California Gulll (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Cormorants, gulls, & Brown Pelicans (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA]()
![Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA]()
![Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA]()
![Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA]()
![Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR]()
![Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area]()
![Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR]()
![Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Forster's Tern - Klamath Wildlife Preserve]()
![Franklin's Gull (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park]()
![Gull (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR]()
![Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Gull rookery]()
![Gull rookery, Homer Spit]()
![Gulls (© Nick Viani) Gold Beach estuary of Rogue River]()
![Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater]()
![Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Humboldt Bay--North Spit Jetty, Arcata, CA]()
![Little Blue Heron, Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico]()
![Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska]()
![Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA]()
![Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA]()
![Pelagic Cormorants & Glacous Gull (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK]()
![Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note]()
![Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, San Rafael, CA]()
![Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico]()
![Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico]()
![Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico]()
![Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Royal Tern (© Nick Viani 1/21) Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, FL]()
![Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico]()
![Sabine's Gull & Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA]()
![Sabine's Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA]()
![Sabine Gull (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Sabine Gull Flying with a Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty, CA]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Western Gull (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR]()
![Western Gull feeding noisy juvenile (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Western Gull just after swallowing a starfish (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![White Pelicans and gulls (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR]()
![Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico]()
![Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico]()
Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
A Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA
Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.
Black Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR
Bonapart's gull
Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County
Bonaparte's Gull (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County
Bonaparte's Gull (transitioning) - (Washington DC)
California Gull (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico
California Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA
California Gull - juvenile (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grays Harbor, WA
California Gull - Summer Lake, OR
California Gulll (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Cormorants, gulls, & Brown Pelicans (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA
Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA
Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA
Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA
Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Frenchglen, OR
Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR
Forster's Tern (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR
Forster's Tern - Klamath Wildlife Preserve
Franklin's Gull (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park
Gull (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR
Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat
Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat
Gull rookery
Gull rookery, Homer Spit
Gulls (© Nick Viani) Gold Beach estuary of Rogue River
Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater
Herrmann's Gull (© Nick Viani) Humboldt Bay--North Spit Jetty, Arcata, CA
Little Blue Heron, Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico
Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska
Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA
Parasitic Jaeger & Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) North Spit--Samoa Boat Ramp, Arcata, CA
Pelagic Cormorants & Glacous Gull (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK
Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note
Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, San Rafael, CA
Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico
Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico
Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico
Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Royal Tern (© Nick Viani 1/21) Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, FL
Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico
Sabine's Gull & Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA
Sabine's Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA
Sabine Gull (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Sabine Gull Flying with a Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park
Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty, CA
Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Crescent City Jetty/breakwater
Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico
Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico
Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat
Western Gull (© Nick Viani 8/10) Siltcoos River, birding by boat
Western Gull (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR
Western Gull feeding noisy juvenile (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Western Gull just after swallowing a starfish (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
White Pelicans and gulls (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR
Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico
Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico