Seabirds Breeding and Incubating

A collection of images featuring various seabirds, including Nasca Boobies and albatrosses, nurturing their young in natural habitats, showcasing their parenting behavior.

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, HOOD ISLAND, NASCA BOOBIES WITH CHICK

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Ecuador, Galapagos Island, Tower (Genovesa) Island, Nasca Booby Incubating

Tiere, Vögel, Schwarzbrauenalbatros, Paar, brütet, Thalassarche melanophrys,auf Saunders Island, Falkland Inseln, Antarktis, McPBIO McP_BIO_2025_000160 *** Animals, Birds, Black-browed albatross, Pair, broods, Thalassarche melanophrys on Saunders Iceland, Falkland Islands, Antarctica, McPBIO McP Bio 2025 000160 McPBIO

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) with a young bird in a breeding colony, Bass Rock, Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Basstölpel auf der Nordseeinsel Helgoland Basstölpel auf der Nordseeinsel Helgoland Copyright: xZoonar.com/DagmarxRichardtx 7211131

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HOOD ISLAND (ESPANOLA), NASCA BOOBY (Sula granti)

Seagull Nesting in Rocks A seagull lies on her eggs in a rocky cravise by the coast. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JacquesxJacobszx 9973109

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HOOD ISLAND (ESPANOLA ISLAND), NASCA BOOBIES WITH CHICK

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, HOOD ISLAND, NASCA BOOBIES WITH CHICK

nazca booby sula granti and a chick, galapagos, equador

Gannet adult couple in colony Morus Bassanus Northern Gannet Saltee Islands Ireland Europe EU

Portrait of a Moli, or Laysan albatrosses (P. immutabilis) (endangered species) at the Princeville Makai Golf Club on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) with begging chick on nest, Saltee Island, Ireland

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), chick, feeding, West Point Island, Falkland Islands, British overseas territory, South America

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Hegoland, two quarreling northern gannets (Morus bassanus)

Portrait of Gannet (Sula bassana) Bass Rock Scotland

Sula Bassana. Scotland. Europe. (Photo by: Marco Simonini/REDA&CO/UIG)

Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic Islands, South Georgia. Black-browed Albatross with chick

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) pair in courtship, Bass Rock, Scotland

masked booby sula dactylatra female and large chick lord howe island, australia

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) pair about to skypoint as part of the courtship, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, February. Sequence 1 of 2

Courting pair of blue-footed booby birds. Sula nebouxii. Espanola Island, Hood Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.

A Black-browed albatross on Sounders Island, an island on the west coast of the Falkland Islands.

Rockhopper penguins in Southern Argentina

Black browed albatross on nest. (Diomedea melanophrys) Falklands

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HOOD ISLAND (ESPANOLA), WAVED ALBATROSS (Phoebastria irrorata)

Cape Gannet, (Morus capensis), adult in colony, Lamberts Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Waved Albatross,(Diomedea irrorata),Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adult

Ecuador, Galapagos. Espanoloa (aka Hood), Punta Suarez. Nazca Booby aka Masked booby, (WILD: Sula granti)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) two adults, summer plumage, in flight, taking off from water with fish in beak, North Sea

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) or Mollymawk, portrait. South America, Falkland Islands (Large format sizes available)

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Espanola, Punta Suarez, lying Nazca booby

Pair of Blue-Footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Great Frigatebird,(Fregata minor), Galapagos Islands,young bird

ecuador, galapagos islands genovesa (tower) island, nasca boobies at nest, bringing stick, present

Black-browed Albatross or Mollymawk in colony together with Rockhopper Penguins and Imperial Shags on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands.

Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) pair displaying, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Nesting Razorbills (Alca torda) in the lava cliffs at the Svortuloft Lighthouse in Snaefellsjokull National Park on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland.

Falkland Islands. West Point Island. Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys).

Falkland Islands, West Point Island, Black Browed Albatross.

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Boat Cruise, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand, Oceania

OLYMPUS DIGITALKAMERA

Falkland Islands. Close-up of albatross parent grooming chick.

Schwarzbrauen-Albatros, Schwarzbrauenalbatros, Mollymauk Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris, beim Nestbau auf Matsche, Argentinien, Falkland-Inseln, West Point Island Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris, building a nest with mud, Argentina, Falkland Islands, West Point Island BLWS707346 *** Black Browns Albatross, Black-browed albatross, Mollymauk Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris , at Nestbau at Mud, Argentina, Falkland Islands, WEST Point Iceland Black browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris , Building a Nest With mud, Argentina, Falkland Iceland, WEST Point Iceland BLWS707346 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/J.xvanxderxNeutx

Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.

Salvin's Albatross (Shy Albatross ), Kaikoura, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand -Thalassarche (cauta) salvini

Black-Browed Albatross. Saunders Island. Falkland Islands.

Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) courting pair, Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. Sequence 1 of 10

northern gannet sits on a rock on island Helgoland

Razorbills (Alca torda), Iceland, Europe

Courting waved albatross Diomedea irrorata _ endemic species, Hood Island aka Espanola Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador

Common Guillemots (Uria aalge), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), Saltee Island, Ireland

Courting Black-browed Albatrosses (Diomedea melanophris), Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Island

Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) courting couple at nest in tussock grass, Diego Ramirez Island, Chile

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) drake on the beach, Helgoland, Germany

Nazca Booby,Masked Booby,Sula granti,Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adults,pair,couple,at nest,calling

Falkland Islands. Black-browed Albatross. (Diomedea melanophris)

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) male incubating eggs with webbed feet, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

cape gannet, morus capensis, courtship preening, lambert's bay, western cape, south africa

Great cormorant on a branch Kerkini lake Greece

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) nesting, Bass Rock, North Berwick, Scotland

Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata). Espagnola Island. Galapagos Islands.

Gannet (Morus bassanus), pair courtship display, bird cliffs, Heligoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Northern gannet colony on Heligoland on a sunny summer day RECORD DATE NOT STATED

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), colony on a rock, fluffy chick in white downy feathers, beginning moult, white adults, grey juveniles in juvenile plumage, close-up, sea in the background, Lummenfelsen, Helgoland Island, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) parent and chick at nest, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, HOOD (ESPANOLA) ISLAND, WAVED ALBATROSSES, COURTSHIP DISPLAY

Black-browed Albatross

Rock Shags or Rock Cormorants (Phalacrocorax magellanicus), Port Stephens, West Falkland, Falkland Islands.

Dovekie Little Auk _ Alle alle_ Svalbard Archipelago, Norwegian Arctic

South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Nazca Booby on Genovesa Island,only black and white Booby with an orange bill, at nest with eggs

Common Murre (Uria aalge) pair and Razorbill (Alca torda), Scotland

Curious nazca booby seabird on Galapagos Nazca booby is seabird famous for living on Galapagos Islands National Park in Ecuador Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 4104145

NEW ZEALAND, SUBANTARCTICA, ENDERBY ISLAND, SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS (Diomedea epomophora epomophora), PAIR, COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) couple preening each other, Helgoland, Germany

Common Murre (Uria aalge) pair mating at cliff nest, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

King Shag and chick at nest Falkland Islands

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), Saltee Island, Ireland

Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair courting, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, sequence 6 of 7

Ecuador,Galapagos Islands, Hood Island, Blue-Footed Boobies, Courtship Behavior

Razorbills on Machias Seal Island near Cutler, Maine, USA

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) parent guarding young chick, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Great egret and Grey heron in winter on a river. Great egret and grey heron in winter

Nesting Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), New Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory, South America

Adult and chick on tower-shaped nest. Black-browed albatross, Falkland Islands.

Ecuador, Galapagos. Genovesa Island aka Tower. Tourists birdwatching on Prince Philip's Steps nature trail. Nazca Booby aka Masked Booby (WILD: Sula granti, endemic) (MR)

Australasian Gannet ( Morus serrator ), Cape Kidnappers Gannet Colony, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, FERNANDINA ISLAND, FLIGHTLESS CORMORANTS

Couple of Barnacle Goose standing on the lake beach

Adult Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) on egg on North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adult breeding pair, greeting each other on clifftop nest, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Razorbill (Alca torda), Saltee Island, Wexford, Ireland

Nesting Razorbills (Alca torda) in the lava cliffs at the Svortuloft Lighthouse in Snaefellsjokull National Park on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland.

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) or Mollymawk, adult bird and chick on tower shaped nest. Falkland Islands

Blue-footed Booby on a rock Isabella Galapagos

Northern gannets Morus bassanus - on the red cliffs of the German offshore island of Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe Northern gannets Morus bassanus - on the red cliffs of the German offshore island of Heligoland, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcxSchmerbeckx 21986541

somateria mollissima, eider

Imperial Shag also called King Shag, blue-eyed Shag, blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps or Leucarbo atriceps) in a huge rookery. Adult with chick in nest.

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, HOOD IS., BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES, COURTING BEHAVIOR, SKYPOINTING

Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic Islands, South Georgia. Black-browed Albatross' nesting

Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk (Diomedea melanophris), courting pair, West Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Hegoland, screaming northern gannet (Morus bassanus)

Red-legged Cormorant in Argentinian patagonia

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) female incubating eggs with webbed feet, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Falkland Islands. An adult black-browed albatross sits on its nest with its chick.

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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) nesting colony, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

A nesting pair of ROCK CORMORANTS (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) - CANAL BEAGLE, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA

Black-browed Albatross Falkland Islands Saunders Island

Waved Albatross Courtship Ritual. A pair of Waved Albatross go through an elaborate courtship ritual on the Galapagos Island's Espanola Island, Ecuador, South America. These birds are currently listed as critically endangered due to long-line fishing and disease, among other hazards. Waved Albatrosses mate for life, and often live for forty to forty-five years.

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), half grown chick on beach of Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands.

Black-browed Albatross incubating in Falkland Islands

Nazca Booby, Masked Booby, Sula granti, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, adults, pair, couple, at nest, social behaviour

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) taking off, San Diego, California

Brazil, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brown booby, Sula leucogaster, mouth open

Canada, Quebec, Bonaventure Ile, Gannet

Black-browed Albatross incubating its egg Falkland Islands

Brazil, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brown boobies, Sula leucogaster, rookery at dusk

Blue-footed booby courtship (Sula nebouxii excisa) Punta Cevallos, Espanola or Hood Island Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. By far the least common of the three booby species in Galapagos.

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Flatey, Iceland

northern gannet sits on a rock on island Helgoland

CANADA, QUEBEC, GASPE, BONAVENTURE IS., GANNET COLONY, GANNETS

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) or Mollymawk, chick on tower shaped nest. Falkland Islands

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) pair building nest, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Northern Gannet Sula Bassana, Adult On Nest, Bass Rock In Scotland

Blue-eyed or Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) Antarctica, near nest site

Common Guillemot (Uria aalge), breeding pair, Hornoya Island, Vardo, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

A tourist photographing a Nazca booby, perching on a rock.; Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) pair in courtship dance with another male trying to court female, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Black-browed Albatross incubating its chick Falkland Islands

Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) breeding on nests in sea cliff at seabird colony in spring along the Scottish coast, Scotland, UK

Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) & Galapagos Sealions (Zalophus wollebaeki) Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Critically Endangered.

Brazil, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brown boobies, Sula leucogaster, and bay

Black-browed albatross, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands

Bassölpel at the pairing bassölpel during the mating copyright: xzoonar.com/antjexlinder- rottkex 4092113

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, sitting at nest on cliff ledge, Noss, Shetland Islands, Scotland, june

Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) drying wings, Punta Albemarle, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Great Frigatebird chick at nest (Fregata minor) Galapagos Islands

Schwarzbrauen-Albatros, Schwarzbrauenalbatros, Mollymauk Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris, hudert Jungvogel im Nest, Argentinien, Falkland-Inseln, Saunders Island Black-browed albatross, black-browed mollymawk Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris, gathering baby bird under the wings in the nest, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island BLWS707372 *** Black Browns Albatross, Black-browed albatross, Mollymauk Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris , hudert Young bird at Nest, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Saunders Iceland Black browed albatross, Black browed mollymawk Thalassarche melanophris, Diomedea melanophris , Gathering Baby Bird Under The Wings in The nest, Argentina, Falkland I Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/J.xvanxderxNeutx

South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island. Black-browed albatross with chick.

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) parent feeding fledgling chick, South Georgia Island

Razorbill (Alca torda) resting on ledge in cliff face at the Fowlsheugh RSPB reserve, Scotland, UK

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) juvenile, Kornwerderzand, Friesland, Netherlands

Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) covered with guano, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.Critically Endangered. Species.

light-mantled sooty albatross phoebetria palpebrata pair in courtship cooper bay, south georgia island, sub-antarctic.

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) two adults, fighting over fish at sea, Shetland Islands, Scotland, June

South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, a blue-footed boobie (Sula nebouxi) perched on a rock along the coastline.

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, NORTH SEYMOUR ISLAND, BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES DANCING, COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps), returning to the nest on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South America

Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) bridled form, adult, breeding plumage, sitting on clifftop, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, May

Antarctic Shag or Antarctic cormorant (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis), The taxonomie of the blue-eyed shags in and around Antarctica is under dispute. Hydrurga Rocks, Antarctic Peninsula

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), Feeding, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Two Nazca Boobies (Sula granti) on lava rocks, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America

Common Guillemots (Uria aalge), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) mating dance, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) pair courting at nest, Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan

Laysan Albatross on its nest in water Sand Island

Black browed Albatross grooming at nest Faklands Islands

red_footed booby sula sula sitting in a nest, galapagos, equador

Waved Albatross pair (Diomedea irrorata) courtship dance, Insel Espanola, Galapagos Inseln, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Blue-footed Booby, Sula nebouxii, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, America

Australasian Gannet, Morus Serrator, At Colony, Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) adult, stretching wings, standing on coastal rock, Shetland Islands, Scotland, june

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) four adults, displaying on cliff ledge, Handa Island, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, June

PITT ISLAND SHAG - ON ROCK (Phalacrocorax featherstoni)

Basstölpel auf Helgoland Basstölpel auf Helgoland Copyright: xZoonar.com/DagmarxRichardtx 7205636

Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) adult portrait among water lilies, North America

Northern Giant Petrel or Hall's Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) on nest on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on South Georgia Island

Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Great Frigatebird with Chick (Fregata minor), Galapagos

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) juvenile, close-up of head, at nest burrow, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, july

Gannets with nesting material on Helgoland, Germany, Europe

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) courtship behavior in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Brunnich 39s Guillemot ringed by leg collar with code. Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic Brunnich 39s Guillemot on nesting ledge ringed by colored plastic ring with code. Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 7910123

A couple of Swallow-tailed gulls (Creagrus furcatus) mating on Genovesa Island (Tower Island) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest with chick, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Blue Footed Booby adult courting (Sula nebouxii) Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Brunnich&#39, s Guillemot on nesting ledge ringed by colored plastic ring with code. Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic, Russia, Europe

Portrait of Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in river Guadiana, Daimiel, Ciudad Real, Castilla la Mancha, Spain

Dovekie Little Auk _ Alle alle_ Svalbard Archipelago, Norwegian Arctic

Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) pair fighting, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, sequence 5 of 5

Blue-footed Booby Chick in Nest on Ground (Sula nebouxii) Lobos Is, Galap.

Blaufusstoelpel in Ecuador Blue footed booby bird on the ocran beach, Ecuador Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 20856269

Blue Footed Booby,(Sula nebouxi)i, Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adult courting

European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) parent with chicks on cliff nest, Farne Islands, England, United Kingdom

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Northern gannet (Sula bassana) breeding colony, Helgoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein, wildlife, Germany, Europe

Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) juvenile, California

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki), Petermann Island, Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) with nesting material in approach, colony on Lummenfelsen, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Couple pair of white Gannet bird sitting on whole egg with shell on Bonaventure Island cliff in Perce, Quebec, Canada

View of two dark birds perched atop jagged rocks overlooking the shimmering expanse of the sea, a study in contrasts, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), Courtship Display, Galapagos

Germany, North Sea, Heligoland, gull, herring gull, Larus fuscus

A magnificent frigate bird chick, Fregata Magnificens. North Seymour Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Giant Petrel feeding its chick at nest Falkland Islands

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) with chick, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Seagull with chicks at coast, Lake of The Woods, Ontario, Canada

Adult Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) with chick on North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Waved Albatross courtship behavior, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair nest building in tree. Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Lemaire Channel, Petermann Island, South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki).

Southern giant petrel at a carcass of a southern elephant seal pup on Sea Lion Island. South America, Falkland Islands.

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) two adult birds courting on a cliff top being watched by another bird, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus) on a rock, Pan de Azucar National Park, near Chanaral, Region de Atacama, Chile, South America

A australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) sits on a rock on the seashore at South Durras in Murramarang National Park, Australia, Oceania

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica). Standing next to his burrow. Scotland, Shetland Islands

masked booby with chick, sula dactylatra, aldabra atoll, natural world heritage site, seychelles, indian ocean date: 24.06.08 ref: zb777_115635_0006 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot

wandering albatross on nest diomedea exulans prion island, south georgia

Black Browed Albetross fledgling sitting on it’s nest (Thalassarche melanophrys) on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands. This colony is known as ’The Rookery’

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) perched on rocks and cactus on San Pedro Martir Island, Gulf of California, Mexico

Swallow-tailed gull resting Galapagos

Common Common guillemot (Uria aalge), Northern Gannet (Sula bassana), at the breeding rock, Lummenfelsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Helgoland, Germany, Europe

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) at the nest

Black-footed Albatross on nest in water Sand Island

Galapagos Islands. A Blue-footed Booby and her chick.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) pair greeting display at nest change-over in shoreline Mangrove (Avicennia sp), Turtle Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) adult bird on its nest, Farne islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata) chicks sitting in nest landscape, Espanola Island, Galapagos

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adult pair, breeding plumage, standing at nest on cliff ledge, near Howick, Northumberland, England, May

Gannetry - jagged rocks and cliffs with breeding Gannets (Sula bassana). Hermaness Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK.

Southern giant petrel on Barrientos Island, part of South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) feeding on a beached dolphin, Audierne Bay, Brittany, France

Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris), typical courtship and greeting behavior.

seagull dies in a trap from the thrown line seagull caught in a fishing line Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 8825932

Sandwich tern (Sterna sandvicensis) dead adult, washed up near harbour, Italy, Europe

Common shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), breeding pair during courtship display, Hornoya Island, Vardo, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

Inca Tern, Inca Tern, inca terns (Larosterna inca), tern, animals, birds, Inca Tern adult, drinking, captive

African penguin hiding in beach vegetation

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Broan pelicans wait for scraps at the fish market, Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz island).