# Kittywakes (Rissa tridactyla) hunting fish at a glacier on Svalbard

- By: Andreas Weith
- Date: 2015-07-28
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kittywakes_(Rissa_tridactyla)_hunting_fish_at_a_glacier_on_Svalbard.jpg)
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Kittiwakes hunting fish in front of the Monaco glacier, Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen (Norway). In summer, water from the melting ice is flowing underneath the glacier and carries a plethora of nutrients to the fjord. This is a suitable habitat for marine microorganisms and fish to grow. For the birds this area, therefore, is an ideal hunting ground.