Swallow-tailed Gulls Loving

Swallow-tailed gulls about to mate with the female looking up at her mate who is standing on her shouldesr with wings spread. The gulls are in full breading collors of black head and red-rimmed eyes. Mating pairs frequently stay together from year to year and feed their chick for about 90 days.

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Swallow-tailed Gull Loving.tif

Copyright

M-J Adelman

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3000x2400 / 20.6MB

Swallow-tailed Gull mating loving nocturnal endemic equatorial seabird Learidae Creagrus black breeding-head red eye-rim red feet grey and white body dark grey beak tiped in light grey white markings above beak brown lava rock Galapagos stock photograph available for print

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