[Length 18 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This Northern Fulmar was photographed at Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Stonehaven, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 28, 2004)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This dark morph Northern Fulmar in flight was photographed from the Homer to Kodiak ferry in Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

Northern Fulmars occur in the northern Pacific, northern Atlantic, and adjacent Arctic coasts. In North America they breed in the high Arctic regions of western Alaska and northeastern Canada. They spend most of their non-breeding time at sea along both coasts of North America. Northern Fulmars are part of a group of seabirds called "tubenoses". They have a special gland which allows them to drink seawater and extract the salt through the tubes (nostrils) above their bill. Northern Fulmars occur in both a light and dark morph. They are easily distinguished from gulls by their habit of flying with their bill held downward at a 45 degree angle. This Northern Fulmar pair was photographed on the nesting cliffs at St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: June 1984)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

These Northern Fulmars were photographed at Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 10, 2004)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This Northern Fulmar was photographed at Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 10, 2004)