Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #commonguillemot, aggregated by home.social.
🌊 Common Murre (Brünnich’s Guillemot) on the island of Helgoland.
An elegant seabird that spends most of its life on the open sea.
Each spring, it returns to the cliffs to raise its young.
Watching their colonies is truly unforgettable. 🪶
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#CommonGuillemot preening.
If I had made the film Madagascar, there would have been guillemots instead of penguins 🙂
#CommonGuillemot preening.
#VogelFlausch #BirdPhotography #TrottelLumme
One of those birds that can fly above and below the water...
Not a wale under the water: Just a #CommonGuillemot diving...
The last living Member of the Genus Alca: The #razorbill
This one ist an adult one, moulting in its Winterplumage.
Its huge concise beak makes it appear huge - yet it is smaller than its relative, the #CommonGuillemot
#CommonGuillemot doing a golden dive.
The picture is taken by sunset in the golden hour.
That is why it appears as if it is is diving into liquid gold. However, it is only salt water and she is not looking for golden nuggets but delicious silver fish...
Immature #CommonGuillemot .
It is hunting for small fish and has therefore spread her wings slightly, ready to dive immediately.