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On the wing - Bird life { 42 images } Created 15 Aug 2015

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  • A Baird's Sandpiper sits on her nest, nestled in Arctic Willow and Purple Saxifrage.
    A Baird's Sandpiper sits on its nest..age.
  • Black Guillmot at the Floe Edge
  • A female Lapland Longspur drinks wat..fall
  • A flock of Red Knot arriving on thei..ica.
  • A small portion of a flock of King E..dge.
  • King Eider at the Floe Edge.
  • A male Northern Wheatear pauses at t..est.
  • One of the prettiest gulls, the deli..ake.
  • A female Northern Wheatear near her ..est.
  • A female Northern Wheatear pauses du..ies.
  • A couple of Purple Sandpipers in the..sun.
  • A male Northern Wheatear takes flight.
  • Purple Sandpipers.
  • one of my favourite birds in flight,..ven.
  • Male Rock Ptarmigan looks out over Adam's Sound and Admiralty Inlet in the distance.
    A male Rock Ptarmigan looks out over..ain.
  • Rock Ptarmigan - male.
  • A male Red Phalarope, who is the sole parent to incubate the eggs at its nest, trying to lead me away from it.
    Phalaropes depart from our usual ide..ate.
  • Common-ringed Plover chicks tuck in to the female's feathers.  There are three chicks under there.
    This Common-Ringed Plover has three ..egs.
  • Brighter coloured female in foreground.
    The female is the brighter of this p..und.
  • Red-Throated Loon keeping a low profile so no predators can see her.
    This Red-Throated Loon has her head ..ors.
  • A Red-Throated Loon sits on her nest, days before the hatching of her chicks.
    A Red-Throated Loon sits on its nest.
  • Two Red Knot (islandica ssp) feed at the start of the breeding season.
    Red Knots (islandica ssp)
  • Pacific Loon
  • A Pacific Loon chick is flanked by its parents hours after emerging from the egg.
    Pacific Loon pair with newly hatched..ick.
  • While this may look like it was taken with a flash, it is natural light, from a low evening Sun.
    White-rumped Sandpiper
  • A Red Knot on its summer breeding grounds.
    Red Knot in evening light.
  • Bold and unmistakable, the Ruddy Turnstone.
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  • Sandhill Cranes with Admiralty Inlet in the back ground
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  • Baird's Sandpiper on her nest, very close to hatching date.
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  • Two of the four Baird's Sandpiper chicks in this brood, nestled in some Arctic Heather.
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  • A Semipalmated Plover at its nest.
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  • A Semipalmated Plover at its nest.
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  • A newly hatched Semipalmated Plover takes a few tentative steps away from the nest.
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  • Semipalmated Plovers.
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  • A recently hatched Long-tailed Jaeger near the nest with an adult.
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  • A Long-tailed Jaeger agressively defends its nest and chick against any and all intruders.
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  • Semipalmated Plover approaches its nest.
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  • A Pacific Loon chick in its nest. It will hit the water as soon as its sibling hatches (egg is behind the chick) 24 hours after it did.
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  • Pacific Loon on its nest. Second egg is in the process of hatching and they'll leave the nest as soon as it has.
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  • A Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)  patrols the waters near its nest.
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  • A Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)  chick in its nest. It will hit the water as soon as its sibling hatches 24 hours after it did.
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