Sea Bird Collection

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I shot Albatross
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, With my crossbow I shot the Albatross. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet

Two Northern Gannets -Morus bassanus- touching beaks to greet each other, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Puffins on the Farne islands
Some puffins or Fratercula arctica on the Farne islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. Some nicknames for them are clown of the sea

Couple Puffin on cliff in summer

Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans, large white bird with black feathers at the end of its wings

Tantallon Castle and Bass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle and Bass Rock in East Lothian. Bass Rock is a steep-sided volcanic rock, 107 metres (351 ft) at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes

Little pied cormorants (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos), Kangaroo Island, Australia

Black-legged kittiwake -Rissa tridactyla- on nest, bird cliffs, Ekkeroy, Varanger, Norway

Manx shearwater bird
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and cursed me
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Each turned his face with ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye

La Fontaines Fables - Cormorant and the Fishes
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Cormorant and the Fishes

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - What Evil Looks
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. Ah, well a day! what evil looks. Herbert Cole, 1900

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Twain were casting dice
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. And the Twain were casting dice. Herbert Cole, 1900

Wading birds Antique Lithograph from 1852
Plate 62. Lithographic print from volume 2: A History Of The Earth And Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, 1852. Wading birds - 1. Leuropean Oyster Catcher, 2 Grey Phalarope, 3. Purre or Dunlin, 4

Razor bill bird
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Common tern
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Sabines Seagull
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Storm petrel
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Bulwers Petrel
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Wilsons Petrel
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Sandwich tern
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Gannet bird
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Leachs Petrel
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Capped Petrel
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Dusky Petrel
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Animal, Animal Themes, Animals In The Wild, Antique, Art, Beach, Biology, Bird, Bird Watching
Vintage lithograph from 1883 of a Sea Gull. Gulls or seagulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns

Flamingos at Jan Kok, Curacao
Flamingos walking in a line at Jan Kok, CuraAzao

animal behaviour, perching, physical stance, sitting, group of animals, flock of birds
Light-mantled albatross on a cliff top nest, on South Georgia Island in the Falklands

White-breasted cormorant -Phalacrocorax lucidus-, Wilderness National Park, South Africa

Brown Pelican -Pelecanus occidentalis-, Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States

Black-headed gull -Larus ridibundus-, immature, first winter, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Two Red-billed Tropicbirds or Boatswain Birds -Phaeton aethereus- in flight, Isla Genovesa, Galapagos Islands

Gulls or Seagulls -Laridae-, in flight, at Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar

Close up view of a puffin face

Blue footed boobie at Galapagos

Flock of western sandpipers migrating to breed in Arctic
Western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) migrating to breed, spring, Alaska

Two wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) in courtship display
The hillside is covered with tussock, autumn, Prion Island, South Georgia

Southern elephant seal pup barking at Antarctic fur seal in surf
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) with king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in background, autumn, Gold Harbor, South Georgia

Southern elephant seals molting on beach in king penguin rookery
Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) and king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), autumn morning, Allardyce Range in background, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia

King penguin rookery (focus on two chicks in foreground)
The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick to the right of the image is molting, St. Andrews Bay with Allardyce Range in background, South Georgia

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in sea, elevated view
autumn, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia

King penguin and female Antarctic fur seal side by side on rock
Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), autumn, Twitcher Glacier, Gold Harbor, South Georgia

Portrait of a northern gannet on Helgoland, Germany
Portrait of a northern gannet (morus bassanus or sula bassana) on Helgoland, a small island in the German Bight, North Sea.The first breeding pair of gannets came to this island in 1991

Gannets illustration 1896
Lloyds Natural History - A Hand Book to the Birds of Great Britain by R. Bowlder Sharp - London 1896

Shag cormorant illustration 1896
Lloyds Natural History - A Hand Book to the Birds of Great Britain by R. Bowlder Sharp - London 1896

Dutch Boats in a Gale by William Turner

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