Title

Kittlitz's Murrelet

Caption

Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) chick, about two days from fledging, sitting in nest on slope of mountain 2km from coast, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Adak Island, Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska (U.) S. A

Date

May 28, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Desmond Dugan

Reference

BRK22F54_126

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,6Mb (20,2Mb) / 17,7in x 13,3in / 5315 x 3985 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Alaska Aves Bird Birds Brachyramphus Brachyramphus brevirostris Breedin Brood Charadriiformes Endangered animal Endangered animals IUCN Kittlitz's murrelet Marine park Marine protected area Marine reserve N.P. NP National Park National Parks No People North America Pacific Pacific Ocean US-American adorable animal animals animals in the wild bird photography bird's nest bird-nest birds' nests breeding area breeding ground breeding grounds breeding season breeding site breeding time chick chicks coast coastal area coastal areas coastal region coasts cub cute deserted empty endangered specie endangered species fauna fledgling fledglings habitat hatchling hillside juvenile juvenile bird juveniles little maritime mountain mountain slope mountainous mountains mountainside mountainsides national natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves nest nesting nesting site nesting sites nests no one nobody ocean offspring out outdoor outdoors outside parental care perched protected area pup reserve reserves sanctury sea national park seabird seabirds sit sitting slope slopes small suckling summer summery sweet threatened species tiny two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography young young animal young animals young bird yuvenile Alcidae America American Auk Auks US-America USA United States United States of America animal behavior animal behaviour behavior behaviour breeding breedings care sea shorebird social behavior social behaviour social behaviours wader wading bird wading birds