FONT's Gallery
of
Seabird Photos

Courtesy of some of our pelagic trip participants and
pelagic leaders

Our thanks to those who have contributed!

List of species

with locations of FONT pelagic trips

and tours where found:

Scroll down for photos,  or double click the bird name listed below to go directly to the photo(s) of that species. 
Double click the small ("thumbnail") photos to view the full-sized picture. 

Penguins:
King Penguin & Magellanic Penguin (1 photo) AR
Magellanic Penguin (2 photos) AR, CH
Humboldt Penguin (1 photo) CH
Fiordland Crested Penguin (1 photo) NZ
Yellow-eyed Penguin (1photo) NZ

Albatrosses:
Wandering Albatross (1 photo) NZ
Southern Royal Albatross (1photo) NZ
Black-browed Albatross  (1 photo) CH, NZ
White-capped Albatross (2 photos) NZ
Salvin's Albatross  (1 photo) CH, NZ
Buller's Albatross (1 photo) CH
Waved Albatross (1 photo) CH, EC

Shearwaters & Petrels:
Northern Giant-Petrel  (1 photo) CH, NZ
Northern Fulmar  (2 photos)  AK, CA, DE, JA, NF, NJ, WA
Southern Fulmar, with Cape Petrel (Pintado) and Wilson's Storm-Petrel  (1 photo) CH
Black-capped Petrel (3 photos) NC, PR
Fea's Petrel (1 photo) NC
Trinidade (Herald) Petrel (5 photos) NC
Bulwer's Petrel (3 photos) CI, NC
Masatierra Petrel (1 photo) CH
Greater Shearwater (4 photos) DE, MD, NC, NF,  NJ 
Cory's Shearwater (1 photo) CI, DE, MD, NC, NJ
Sooty Shearwater (2 photos) AK, CA, CH, DE, EC, JA, MD, NC, NF, NJ, NZ, WA
Audubon's Shearwater (1 photo) DE, EC, FL, NC, NJ
Pink-footed Shearwater (1 photo) CA, CH, WA
Short-tailed Shearwater (1 photo) CA, JA, NZ, WA

Storm-Petrels:
White-faced Storm-Petrel (8 photos) NC, NJ

Diving-Petrel:
Peruvian Diving-Petrel (1 photo) CH

Tropicbirds:
White-tailed Tropicbird (1 photo)  JM, LA, NC, PR 
Red-billed Tropicbird (2 photos) LA, NC

Boobies & Gannets:
Red-footed Booby (1 photo) EC, PR
Blue-footed Booby (1 photo) EC
Northern Gannet (1 photo) DE, FL, MD, NC, NF, NJ

Phalaropes:
Red-necked Phalarope (1 photo) AK, CA, CH, DE, EC, JA, MD, NC, NJ, WA

Jaegers & Skuas: 
Pomarine Jaeger (5 photos) AK, CA, CH, DE, FL, JA, LA, NC, NJ, NZ, WA
Parasitic Jaeger (1photo) AK, CA CH, CR, NC, NJ, WA
Long-tailed Jaeger (2 photos) AK, DE, NJ
Chilean Skua  (1 photo) CH
South Polar Skua (4 photos) CA, CH, DE, JA, MD, NC, NJ

Gulls & Terns:
Swallow-tailed Gull (1 photo) EC
Black-headed Gull (1 photo) IC (and tours in  5 other European countries)
Red-billed Gull (1 photo) NZ
Dolphin Gull (1 photo) AR, CH
Heermann's Gull (1 photo) BC, CA, WA
Gray Gull (1 photo) CH
Kelp Gull (1 photo) AR, BR, CH
Franklin's Gull (1 photo) CH
Kamchatka Gull (1 photo) JA
Black-tailed Gull (2 photos) JA
Heuglin's Gull w/Vega & Black-tailed Gulls (1 photo) JA
Vega Gull (1 photo) AK, JA
Vega (Herring) Gull & Slaty-backed Gull (1 photo) AK, JA 
Slaty-backed Gull (1 photo) AK, JA 
Glaucous Gull (2 photos) AK, BC, IC, JA, NJ
Iceland Gull (2 photos) IC, NJ
Sabine's Gull (1 photo) AK, CA, WA, SW
Ross' Gull (3 photos) AK, JA, NJ 
Ivory Gull (1 photo) AK
Black-legged Kittiwake at nest  (1 photo) NF
Black-legged Kittiwake in flight  (1 photo) AK, IC, JA,  NJ, WA
Roseate Tern (1 photo) FL, LA, PR
South American Tern (1 photo) AR, CH
Bridled Tern (2 photos) DE, FL, LA, MD,  NC, NJ
Sooty Tern (2 photos) FL, LA, NC
Inca Tern (1 photo) CH 

Alcids:
Razorbill & Common Murres (1 photo) IC, NF
(Razorbill also: NJ, SP; Murre also: BC, CA, JA, NJ, SW, WA)
Least Auklet (1 photo) AK, JA
Atlantic Puffin  (1 photo) NF

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) 

King & Magellanic Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus & Spheniscus magellanicus)

(photographed during a FONT tour in Argentina)

Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
       
(photo by Harold Lebo during FONT Chile tour)

Humboldt Penguin  (Spheniscus humboldti)

(photo during a FONT Chile Tour, by Armas Hill)

Fiordland Crested Penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)

(Photo during FONT New Zealand Tour, November 2000, by Steve Gantlett of England)

Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)

(Photo during FONT New Zealand Tour, November 2000, by Steve Gantlett of England)

Albatrosses (order Procellariiformes, family Diomedeidae): 

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Photo during FONT New Zealand Tour, November 2000, by Steve Gantlett of England)

Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Photo during FONT New Zealand Tour, November 2000, by Steve Gantlett of England)

Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes)

(Photo during FONT Chile Tour , November 1999, by Björn Johansson of Sweden) 

White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) 

   
Photo during FONT New Zealand Tour, November 2000, by Steve Gantlett of England)

Salvin's Albatross (Diomedea cauta salvini) 

(Photo during FONT Chile Tour, November 1999, by Björn Johansson of Sweden) 

Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)

(Photo during FONT Chile tour, November 1998, by Harold Lebo)

Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata)

(Photo during FONT pelagic trip, off Arica, Chile, 1997.)

Petrels & Shearwaters (order Procellariiformes, family Procellariidae):

Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli) 

(Photo during FONT Chile Tour , November 1999, by Björn Johansson of Sweden) 

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) 

(light-phase, front view)
(photo during FONT pelagic trip, by Steve Kerr, 1998.)

(photo during FONT pelagic trip from New Jersey, USA,
Dec 2001, courtesy of Judy & Karl Lukens.)

Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) with Cape Petrel (Pintado,) & Wilson's Storm-Petrel

(Photo during FONT Chile tour, November 1998, by Harold Lebo)

Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)  

    
(in flight showing underwing - photo during FONT North Carolina pelagic trip, June 2000, by Julian Hough)

   
(top view - photo during FONT pelagic trip, by B.J. Rose)

Fea's Petrel (Pterodroma feae)

(Photo during FONT North Carolina pelagic trip, by Mike Danzenbaker)

Trinidade (Herald) Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana arminjoniana) (5 photos)

(dark phase: dorsal view left: dorsal view right)
(dark phase: side view showing underwing pattern)
(Photos during FONT North Carolina pelagic trip, by B.J. Rose.)

  (silhouette from below)
 (Photo during FONT North Carolina pelagic trip, by Alan Brady.)

Masatierra Petrel (Pterodroma (cooki) defilippiana)

(Photo during a FONT Chile tour, by Alan Brady)

Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
   
(seen on FONT East Coast USA pelagic trips)
(on water photo by Armas Hill) (flight photo by Steve Kerr)

(ventral view)
(Photo by B.J. Rose.)

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

(photo by Steve Kerr)

Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
   
(seen during FONT pelagic trips & tours off North America, South America, & Japan.)
(Left photo by Alan Brady; right photo by Steve Kerr.)

Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)

(dorsal view)
(Photo during FONT pelagic trip, by Steve Kerr.)

Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus)
 
(as seen during FONT Chile and Pacific Coast USA tours)
(photo by Harold Lebo)

Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)

(as seen during FONT Japan and Pacific Coast USA tours)
(photo by Marie Z. Gardner)

Storm-Petrels (order Procellariiformes, family Hydrobatidae): 

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma 
marina)

   
(2 views)
(Photos during FONT Barnegat Light, New Jersey pelagic trip September 2001  by Mary Scott of birdingamerica.com) 

                        
(3 views)
(Photos during FONT North Carolina pelagic trip in 1999, by Steve Kerr.) 

   
(side views: black & white)
(Photos by Alan Brady.)

(side view, carry shark liver ...yumm)
(Photo by Laurie Larson.)

Diving-Petrels (order Procellariiformes, family Pelecanoididae) 

Peruvian Diving-Petrel (Pelecanoides garnoti) 

(Photo during FONT Chile tour, by Alan Brady)

Tropicbirds (order Pelecaniformes, family Phaethontidae):

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

(in flight)
(Photo by Alan Brady)

Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

(in flight)
(Photo by Alan Brady)

Boobies & Gannets (order Pelecaniformes, family Sulidae)

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

(Photo during FONT Puerto Rico tour, by B.J. Rose)

Blue-footed Boobies (Sula nebouxii)

(Photo during FONT Southern & Western Ecuador tour, by Myra Outwater)

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

(photo during FONT pelagic trip from New Jersey, USA, 
Dec 2001, by Andy Smith.)

Phalaropes (order Charadriiformes, family Scolopacidae)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

(as seen off North Carolina, USA)
(photo by Alan Brady)

Jaegers & Skuas (order Charadriiformes, family Stercorariidae): 

Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

  
(seen during various FONT tours)
(left photo by Alan Brady)  (right photo by Marie Z. Gardner)

   
(photos by Steve Kerr, during a FONT East Coast USA pelagic trip)

(two, incl. one dark, during FONT Lewes, DE pelagic trip, September 2000.)
(Photo by Marshall Iliff)

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

(© photograph by Jens B. Bruun)

Long-tailed Jaeger  (Stercorarius longicaudus)
(during a FONT Brielle NJ pelagic trip, Late-Summer 1998)
(photo by Steve Kerr)


(during FONT Lewes, Delaware pelagic trip, September 2000)
(photo by Marshall Iliff.)

Chilean Skua (Catharacta chilensis)
 

(Photo during FONT Chile Tour, November 1999, by Björn Johansson of Sweden) 

South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki)

       
(Photo during FONT Lewes Delaware Pelagic Trip, June 2001, by Jordan Wilkerson)

(Photo during FONT Lewes Delaware/Maryland Pelagic Trip, June 2000, by Andrew P. Ednie)

(Photo during FONT North Carolina Pelagic Trip, June 2000, by Julian Hough)

Gulls & Terns (order Charadriiformes, family Laridae):

Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)

(a breeder on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador)

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
   
(Left: non-breeding plumage; right: breeding plumage) 
(seen during FONT European birding tours)
(photos by Armas Hill)

(Two 1st-winter birds)
(photo by Stephen J. Davies)

Red-billed Gulls (Larus scopulinus)

(Photo during FONT New Zealand Tour, November 2000, by Steve Gantlett of England)

Dolphin Gull (Larus scoresbii)

(seen during FONT Argentina & Chile tours)

Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)

(as seen during FONT's Pacific Coast tour)
(photo by Armas Hill)

Gray Gull (Larus modestus)

(photo during FONT Chile tour by Harold Lebo)

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)

(seen during FONT tours in Brazil, Argentina, & Chile)
(photo by Alan Brady)

Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)

(as seen off the coast of Chile, South America)
(photo by Alan Brady)

Kamchatka Gull (Larus kamtschatschensis)

(photo in Japan by  © Jon R. King)

Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)

(seen during FONT tours in Japan)
(photo by Alan Brady)

(photo in Japan by © Jon R. King)

Heuglin's Gull w/Vega & Black-tailed Gulls

(photo in Japan by © Jon R. King)

Vega Gull (1st year)

(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Vega (Herring) Gull & Slaty-backed Gull 

(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Slaty-backed Gull (1st year) (Larus schistisagus)

(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Glaucous Gull (juvenile) (Larus hyperboreus)

(photographed in Hokkaido, Japan
© Jon R. King)

(photograph by Marvin Hyatt)

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
   
(photographs by Marvin Hyatt)

Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)

(© photograph by Jens B. Bruun)

Ross' Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)

(upper left: in flight during winter offshore from Brielle, New Jersey; photo by Steve Kerr.)
(center right: in breeding plumage; photo by Alan Brady.)
(bottom left: immature bird - a first for Tokyo; photo during FONT Japan tour, December 1999, by Joe Fuhrman.)

Ivory Gull  (Pagophila Eburnea)

(photo by Alan Brady)

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

   
(Left: at nest feeding young - Newfoundland, Canada)
(photo courtesy of Wildlands Tours)
(Right: immature bird in flight)
(photographed off New Jersey by Alan Brady)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

(Photo by Alan Brady)

South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea)

(seen during FONT tours in Argentina & Chile)
(photo by Armas Hill)

Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
       
(Left photo by Alan Brady; right photo by Steve Kerr)

Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
  
(seen during FONT U.S. tours in North Carolina & Florida, & in the Caribbean)
(photos by Alan Brady)

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca) 

(Photo during FONT 1999 Chile Tour, by  Björn Johansson of Sweden) 

Alcids (order Charadriiformes, family Alcidae):

Razorbill & Common Murres (Alca torda & Uria aalge)

(as during FONT summer tours in Iceland and Newfoundland)

Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla)

(Photo by Mike Danzenbaker)

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

(Atlantic Puffins - Newfoundland, Canada)
(Photo courtesy of Wildlands Tours)