first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - thin black hind collar and thin black terminal tail band visible
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - thin black hind collar, dark ear spot, and dark carpal bar; notice how much paler the wing coverts are than the mantle
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - medium gray mantle, dark carpal bar, and worn greater coverts
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - dark carpal bar, worn upperwing coverts
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - thin black hind collar, dark ear spot, and yellow bill clearly visible
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - dark carpal bar, worn greater coverts and secondaries
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - black outer primaries, worn greater coverts and secondaries
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - semblance of black 'M' visible
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - dark carpal bar, black ear spot
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - note abraded secondaries and inner primaries.
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - note black outer primaries and abraded inner primaries and secondaries.
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - black outer primaries and distal end of carpal bar visible
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - visible in this image are the black outer primaries, dark brown carpal bar, worn upperwing coverts and secondaries, and thin black terminal band on tail
first-summer Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - dark ear spot, yellow bill, and dark carpal bar very noticeable