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	bootstrap analysis: the bird from the top of the world
		For the Ivory Gull has recently undergone one of the most dramatic population declines of any bird species in North America, and nobody is quite sure why.
		Ivory Gulls breed in very rugged and remote locations, but are (or were) commonly seen during migration.
		Haney, J.C., and MacDonald, S.A. Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea.
	nuthatch.typepad.com /ba/2006/01/the_bird_from_t.html (2124 words)

	NWT Wildlife and Fisheries - Ivory Gull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Ivory Gulls used to breed on northern Prince Patrick Island in the NWT, however current breeding grounds are not known.
		The population of Ivory Gulls that migrates between Greenland and Davis Strait is estimated at 35,000 birds.
		Ivory Gulls are scavengers, feeding on the carcasses of dead fish and marine mammals.
	www.nwtwildlife.com /Publications/speciesatriskweb/ivorygull.htm (556 words)

	Gulls, Terns
		Ivory Gull (Ice Partridge) is a rare but regular winter visitor, more often seen in the northern part of the province.
		Franklin's Gull is a small gull that visits rarely from the west.
		Iceland Gull is a common species in Newfoundland in all seasons except summer, when it returns to the Arctic to nest.
	home.thezone.net /~feathers/gulls,_terns.htm (639 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Ivory Gulls are surely one of the most sought after sights in the arctic.
		It is likely that Ivory Gulls occur near Saint Paul only during the cold and dark winter months, especially on years where the pack ice envelops the island.
		Ivory Gulls are approximately the same size as Black-legged Kittiwakes and might associate with that species.
	www.alaskabirding.com /Bird_Species/Species_pages/gull_ivory.html (212 words)

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		Weintraub initially discovered the gull resting near the shoreline approximately 150 yards south of the mouth of San Juan Creek (his account is in Weintraub and San Miguel, 1999, The first record of Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) in California, Western Birds 30:39-43).
		The facial area between the ey and the bill was discolored by splotchy fl feathers, particularly in the loral and moustachial areas and, to a lesser extent, in the chin and lower forehead regions.
		The Ivory Gull is an holarctic breeder, inhabiting icebergs and drifts.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~ctlee/ivory.htm (1155 words)

	Gulls on the Niagara River
		Ivory Gull was present twice in the 1950s.
		Many gulls follow the same route such that the gulls look as if they are following each other in a giant circular queue in a clock work fashion.
		At Beck, the gulls seem to follow a pattern (or two) that follows past a chain-link fence heads upstream, passes a little waterfalls, and then heads over a whirlpool, red sign, next whirlpool, etc., and then sails back downstream to repeat the loop.
	home.eznet.net /~kfox/wny/sites/niagulls.htm (575 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Ivory gull blown to Scotland by north-westerly winds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		AN IVORY gull has become the latest Arctic bird to be blown to Scotland by polar winds that have brought an early taste of winter.
		The nearest colonies of ivory gulls to the UK are in eastern Greenland and the Svalbard and Franz Josef Land islands, between the Norway and the North Pole.
		The arrival of the ivory gull comes after huge numbers of little auks - starling-sized relatives of the familiar puffin - were blown south from Arctic waters by the cold north- westerly wind at the end of last week.
	news.scotsman.com /scitech.cfm?id=1324362004 (527 words)

	Ivory Gull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ivory Gull, Pagophila eburnea, is a small gull, the only species in its genus.
		It migrates only short distances south in autumn, most of the population wintering in northern latitudes at the edge of the pack ice, although some birds reach more temperate areas.
		Ivory Gull breeds on arctic coasts and cliffs, laying one to three olive eggs in a ground nest lined with moss, lichens or seaweed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivory_Gull (251 words)

	Ivory Gull / Mouette blanche -- St-Thomas-de-Kent, NB, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		On February 1, 1998, Gilles Bourque discovered an adult Ivory Gull at the St-Thomas-de-Kent wharf, on Northumberland Strait, near Bouctouche, New Brunswick.
		When an immature great fl-backed gull landed next to him, he flew away and then circled overhead and he came right over me at less than 20 feet away.
		The gull was not always present around the wharf but was seen almost daily for more than two weeks.
	personal.nbnet.nb.ca /maryspt/observ/Ivory.html (273 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Laridae - Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
		Similar Species: The Ivory Gull is easily identified by its all white coloration.
		Habitat: The Ivory Gull spends the breeding season on the rocky cliffs or rocky shores of the far northern Arctic.
		Behavior: The Ivory gull is primarily a scanvenger on the pack ice of the far northern arctic.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/gulls/Peburn.htm (255 words)

	All About Birds
		A small white gull of the high Arctic, the Ivory Gull only rarely comes south of the Bering Sea or the Maritime Provinces.
		The Ivory Gull casts up pellets of indigestible matter from its food, such as bones and fur.
		Large nests of the Ivory Gull are eaten by caribou during the winter and early spring.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Ivory_Gull.html (206 words)

	Pagophila eburnea, Ivory Gull, Ismås, Ismåge.
		Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) in the Swedish town of
		On this cloudy day by the sea, one week before solstice, the Gull itself was brighter than everything else in sight.
		I have a friend who’s had the Ivory Gull typed into his cellular phone for years anticipating what would be his, home-town harbour, top future twitch of all dreams.
	www.birds-of-denmark.dk /ismaage.htm (227 words)

	Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America by Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson is a volume in the Helm Identification Guides series of bird identification books.
		In addition, three Southern Hemisphere species which have occurred as vagrants in the northern hemisphere (Band-tailed Gull, Grey Gull and Swallow-tailed Gull) are covered more briefly in an appendix, with a single photograph each, and brief mention is also made here of Silver Gull which has occurred as an escape from captivity.
		On page 21, the illustration of a gull's head, with a pointer highlighting an ear-spot, shows a bird with a full hood; ear-spots are a feature which appears on hooded gulls only when the hood (a feature of breeding plumage) is lost, in winter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gulls_of_Europe,_Asia_and_North_America (649 words)

	TEA: Jrogers- -- 8.1.2003
		First, a brief geography lesson: Ivory Gulls breed in the high Arctic up to 85 degrees north in eastern Canada, northern Greenland, Spitsbergen, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, and Severnaya Zemlya.
		As the Palmer plowed through the ice, the opportunistic gull swooped down and snatched a wiggling cod that had been washed-up onto the ice in the ship's wake.
		Ivory Gull catching cod behind the Palmer- the circle is complete.
	tea.armadaproject.org /jrogers/8.1.2003.html (402 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		A rather small, short-legged gull; adults are pure white with yellowish bill and legs; immatures (more often seen in southern latitudes) similar, but with fl bars and spots in varying quantities.
		Discussion The Ivory Gull shares the realm of the Inuit and the polar bear.
		Indeed, it follows these hunters in quest of food, for it is largely a scavenger, feeding on the remains of their kills--mainly seals.
	www.enature.com /fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=BD0643 (175 words)

	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENETIC STRUCTURE IN TWO RARE ARCTIC GULL SPECIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Ivory Gulls (Pagophila eburnea) and Ross's Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) are both high-arctic gulls that are listed by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in
		Ivory Gulls have a circumpolar distribution and have recently experienced significant declines in Canadian breeding populations.
		Preliminary genetic evidence suggests that Ivory Gulls have extremely low genetic diversity (5 single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs] total), indicating a population bottleneck in the recent past.
	www.mun.ca /biology/scarr/Ivory_Gull_genetics.html (205 words)

	Possible Ivory Gull, Edgewater, 15 feb 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		I may have had a 1st year Ivory Gull yesterday in the Hudson R. at Edgewater, near the GW Bridge.
		The gull did seem to have that dirty-face look with a tail band and what looked at a distance like dark spots on the tips of the primaries; and it seemed stocky.
		I know gulls are moving this time of year and often don't linger, but you might want to pass it along.
	www.princeton.edu /~llarson/njb/010216ivory.html (199 words)

	The Ivory Gull
		The figures in the plate were taken from two specimens procured by Captain JAMES CLARK Ross, one of which was an adult male, the other a young bird in its second year.
		Captain SABINE says that the Ivory Gulls are attracted in considerable numbers by whale blubber, are therefore usually found in company with the Procellaria glacialis, and are easily killed, being by no means shy.
		Dr. RICHARDSON informs us that they were observed breeding in great numbers on the high perforated cliffs which form the extremity of Cape Parry, in latitude 70 degrees.
	www.audubon.org /bird/boa/F42_G3g.html (448 words)

	Ivory - definition from Biology-Online.org
		ivory is the name commercially given not only to the substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.
		(Science: botany) ivory nut, any species of Eburna, a genus of marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually white with red or brown spots.
		vegetable ivory, the meat of the ivory nut.
	biology-online.org /dictionary/Ivory (212 words)

	EMAN-North Information Centre -- Drastic Decline in Ivory Gull Breeding Populations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		The Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a small, rare gull with a circumpolar, High Arctic breeding distribution.
		It generally winters in the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and is highly associated with pack ice throughout the entire year.
		However, Inuit residents in a number of communities in the Canadian High Arctic recently reported that they now observe fewer Ivory Gulls near their communities than they did in the 1980s (Mallory et al.
	www.emannorth.ca /ic/ds032/index.cfm (306 words)

	Ivory Gull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Ivory Gull, Ny Ålesund, 2000 (taken with a 70mm lens)
		Ivory Gull during the catch, Ny Ålesund, 2000
		Ivory Gull on a dead spermwhale, Parryøya, 26-08-2001
	www.natureview.nl /spits/birds/ivory_gull.htm (157 words)

	Green Backed Heron \| Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		This beautiful gull with beautiful background was photographed by Jelger Herder in the high arctic.
		Here you can read about his 3 month study-trip to the arctic region where this photo was taken as well as see many more images of the trip.
		Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Jelger Herder Svalbard Spitzbergen Arctic
	www.greenbackedheron.com /photo/59208647 (98 words)

	Plunge in Arctic seabirds may signal climate change, pollution
		A drastic decline in the population of ivory gulls could be sounding the alarm about changing conditions in the North, Canadian scientists say.
		Scientists have found the population of all-white ivory gulls in the Canadian Arctic has dropped by more than 80 per cent in the last 20 years.
		The service is preparing a status report to have the gulls' status reviewed under the Species at Risk Act.
	www.cbc.ca /health/story/2004/06/14/gulls_ivory040614.html (1173 words)

	Vanishing Arctic gulls puzzle biologists
		Biologists say they don't know what's happened to the population of ivory gulls in the eastern Arctic.
		The all-white gulls migrate north in the summer, nesting on islands like Ellesmere and Devon.
		He says ivory gulls could end up on the list of species at risk in Canada.
	www.cbc.ca /news/story/2003/08/01/gulls_ivory030801.html?email (1178 words)

	Ivory Gull Charters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Come explore Prince William Sound and enjoy an unforgettable cruise aboard the Ivory Gull.
		Whether you sit in the warmth and comfort of the lounge and watch the glaciers glide past or stand on the bridge and feel the salt air on your face as you fish for the fish of your dreams, we know you'll have the experience of a lifetime.
		Past clients have told us that their Prince William Sound adventures aboard the Ivory Gull have been unmatched anywhere else in Alaska.
	www.ptialaska.net /~wartes (171 words)

	BirdForum - Highlands & Ivory Gull
		In the same area as the Ivory Gull there is a Rough Legged Buzzard, also a Bonaparts Gull intermittently visits Thurso beach.
		If not you just park up at the car park and walk up to the radio transmitters and search all the nearby terrain on the way up (which is about a 500 yard walk).
		The Ivory Gull has been around for a while so I hope it stays for you.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=27324 (1306 words)

	Arctic Images,- Gulls: Ivory Gull, Glaucous Gull, Kittiwake
		Ivory Gulls on carcass of a Polar Bear killed Ringed Seal.
		Glaucous Gulls on nesting place at Kapp Harry, Bjornoya (Bear Island).
		Glaucous Gull on nesting place at Hvalrossbukta, Bjornoya (Bear Island), Svalbard.
	www.arcticimages.com /gulls.htm (50 words)

	Eagle-Eye Tours Baffin Island
		We experience this dramatic Arctic landscape at a time of year when the sun never sets and wildlife is returning to this very rich area of the Arctic.
		There are some very interesting northern birds that are seldom seen outside of their arctic environs, such as the all white Ivory Gull and mostly Eurasian Common Ringed Plover.
		You have to travel very far north to find this beautiful all white arctic gull, but here we will be in the heart of its range.
	www.eagle-eye.com /Locations/Baffin.html (1460 words)

	Gulls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		A Nesting of Ring-billed Gulls on Leech Lake, Cass County, Minnesota
		A The Iceland Gull in Minnesota: Its Status and Identification
		N Juvenile Sabine's Gull at Agassiz N.W.R. Sabine's Gull in Roseau County
	www.cbs.umn.edu /~mou/loon/12gulls.html (1511 words)

	Real Birds: Portland Maine Ivory Gull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		A 1st winter Ivory Gull was seen regularly in Portland, Maine from late-January through March 1997.
		Map showing where Portland's Ivory Gull was seen
		and an image of the gull calling in flight.
	www.virtualbirder.com /vbirder/portlandivory (113 words)

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