Photo By/Credit

McNight, Alyson

Date Shot/Created
07/28/2005
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A juvenile Kittletz's murrelet, caught on the water of Kachemak Bay, Alaska. This bird was weighed and measured during a project to examine plumage characteristics. Juvenile plumages are not well defined for Kittlitz's, there is a need to distinguish them. Pelagic; Alaska; Bay
Species
Brachyramphus brevirostris
Subject tags
Seabirds