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Razorbill (Alca torda)

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Razorbill (Alca torda)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Razorbill Auks Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Alk Alken Steltloperachtigen Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Alca torda Alcidae Charadriiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland

2014:06:23 16:26:13
Razorbill (Alca torda)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F4.8, ISO 320, distance 44.67 m

A razorbill in the foreground and a guillemot in the background. On Helgoland there are thousands of guillemots, and far fewer (dozens?) of razorbills.

Utklippan, Blekinge, Zweden

2014:07:08 08:40:52
Razorbill (Alca torda)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/2000 sec at F7.1, ISO 250, distance 11.89 m

Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland

2014:06:24 12:27:37
Razorbill (Alca torda)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/500 sec at F6.3, ISO 320, distance 44.67 m

Razorbills at their nest.

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