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Northern fulmars are gull-like birds that are much more closely related to albatrosses and petrels than to gulls. They are oceanic nomads for much of the year, but return to northern islands to breed. Many of these birds were photographed at the 'Ridge Wall' on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, in the Bering Sea. Many are light phase birds, but they show variation in mantle color; many are also molting their primaries, so the wing looks a little ragged (their flight was not much impeded, however). Other fulmars were photographed in Monterey Bay, California.
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