On this day a large number (> 100) of black-legged kittiwakes were also observed.
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In the case of kittiwakes, we can measure breeding success.
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Iupiat cross from the mainland to gather eggs, primarily from kittiwakes and murres.
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Wild goats, golden eagles, breeding fulmars, and kittiwakes frequent the area.
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The outer point is about 25 meters high, and serves as a breeding place for guillemot, kittiwakes and ptarmigan.
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Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea.
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While most black-legged kittiwakes do, indeed, have dark-grey legs, some have pinkish-grey to reddish legs, making colouration a somewhat unreliable identifying marker.
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Cliffs, islands and sea stacks are a habitat for breeding sea birds such as guillemots, kittiwakes and razor bills, as well as rock doves which can live inland as well.
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In common usage, gull-like seabirds that are not technically gulls (e.g. albatrosses, fulmars, kittiwakes, terns and skuas) may also be referred to as' seagulls' by the layperson.
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In the black-leggedkittiwake(which shares this winter habit) resting metabolism is 40% higher on water than it is in air.
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The building has many special features, particularly the roof, which is in the form of a fingerprint counter mouldkittiwake, feature of the dinosaurs.
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Additionally,kittiwakeand ptarmigan are hunted on the east coast.
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Nesting birds tend to face the cliff, a habit common among exclusively cliff nesting gulls, such as the black-leggedkittiwake.
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Other nesting birds include sandwich tern, common tern, arctic tern, black-leggedkittiwake, fulmar, three gull species, and eider duck.
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The black-leggedkittiwakeis one of the most numerous of seabirds.
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