The Northern Fulmar (Fulmaris glacialis) is an abundant seabird found in the subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.  Although they look similar to gulls, they belong to the Procellariidae family (often called the tubenoses because of the location of their nostrils on the top of their bill).

Northern Fulmars don’t start to breed until they are 6-12 years old.  They lay a single white egg on a scrape on a grassy cliff ledge, usually lined with softer nesting material.  Both parents incubate and feed the chick, and the chick fledges when 70-75d old (10-11 weeks).