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Black Skimmer and Gulls

Rynchops niger

Photo by p.young713
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Habitat:

Gulf of Mexico

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Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
Mitch, I'm curious to hear your take on this. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6982478
MitchRay
Right in the middle of that group of gulls is a super neat bird called a Black Skimmer.

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Gulf Coast Oil Spill Impact
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Birds of the World
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PublishedAugust 5, 2011

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