Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Upper Lake Mary, Coconino County

This Black-legged Kittiwake was found and photographed by Roger Sleeper on 18 November 2019 and photographed by Jason Wilder on 23 November 2019

Casual late fall and winter visitor to Arizona with over 20 prior accepted records. If accepted by the ABC, this would be the first record for Coconino County. A prior report was not submitted to the committee.

Identification fairly easy for adults with thin sharply hooked all yellow bill, sharply demarcated black primary tips with otherwise gray mantle, black legs, small gray smudge behind and below eye

18 November 2019, photo by Roger Sleeper

23 November 2019, photo by Jason Wilder

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