Brunnich’s Guillemot

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Brunnichs Guillemots, looking like penguins on an ice floe in Hinlopen Strait under Alkefjellet Bird Cliff. Spitsbergen

Kittiwake (Blacklegged) with chick on Rubini Rock bird cliffs, with Brunnich's guillemots bottom left. Franz Josef Land

Guillimots & Kittiwakes on Nuneangan Island's bird cliffs. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East

Guillimots & Kittiwakes on Nuneangan Island's bird cliffs. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East

Guillimots & Kittiwakes on Nuneangan Island's bird cliffs. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East

Guillimots & Kittiwakes on Nuneangan Island's bird cliffs. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East

Brunnich's guillemot in flight, Spitsbergen.

Vast numbers of Brunnich's Guillemots in flight around the bird cliffs at Alkefjellet in Hinlopen Strait, Spitsbergen.

Zodiac by Alkefjellet with rafts of Brunnich's Guillemots on the water. Spitsbergen.

Zodiacs & kayak by Alkefjellet with rafts of Brunnich's Guillemots on the water. Spitsbergen.

Brunnich's Guillemots nesting on ledges surrounded by huge scurvy grass plants. 14th July Fiord. Spitsbergen

Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) nesting cliffs on Prince Leopold Island, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

A group of Brunnich's Guillemots take off from an ice floe. Spitsbergen.

Brunnichs Guillemots, looking like penguins on an ice floe in Hinlopen Strait under Alkefjellet Bird Cliff. Spitsbergen

Group of Brunnich's Guillemot, reflected in the dead calm water between the thawing sea ice. Svalbard

Brunnich's Guillemots and a single Glaucous Gull feed at the edge of the fast ice. Burgerbukta, Hornsund. Svalbard

Brunnich's Guillemots in flight. Svalbard

Nesting Brunnichs Guillemots crowd the ledges at Alkefjellet on Hinlopen Strait. Svalbard. Norway.

Thousands of Brunnich's Guillemots in the air over Hinlopen Strait at Alkefjellet Bird Cliff. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Brunnich's Guillemots on ledges at Alkefjellet, and the remains of a bird that died with a caught wing. Svalbard. Norway.

Nesting Brunnichs Guillemots crowd the ledges at Alkefjellet on Hinlopen Strait. Svalbard. Norway.

A raft of Brunnich's Guillemots in Hinlopen Strait by the Alkefjellet Bird Cliff. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Brunnich's guillemots & Kittiwakes on Rubini Rock bird cliffs. Franz Josef Land. 2004

Brunnich's Guillemot / Thick Billed Murres take off from the water in foggy weather. Alkefjallet bird cliffs. Svalbard