Some Photos from trips during Summer 2021, June 24-July 17

 Some Photos from trips, Vinalhaven to Seal Island
during Summer 2021, June 24-July 17,

Arctic Tern seal Island

Eider hens with duckling

Puffins on the shore of the Eastern bite.

young Great Cormorants in their nests.

Black Guillemots

Puffin over the shore of Murre Cove

Puffins at at Seal Island

Common Murre,   Seal Island

Arctic Tern back shore of Seal Island.

Black guillemot 

Lions Mane, aka Mushroom cloud Medusa

Red-billed Tropicbird at Seal Island with terns.

Adult and young eagle at Otter Island,  the chicks head is just to the right of the adult.

whimbrel, I think, near the landing in the eastern bite.

You can see the shorter tail feather, this bird has often shed one, late in the spring.

puffins and terns over the eastern end of Seal Island, good Puffin nesting area in the large boulders along the shore.

this white cormorant chick was brought to my attention by Louis Bevier, mid July, 

cryptic when on the guano side of its dark siblings.

Seal Island Murre head

I saw another white Great Cormorant chick 1990 with my father at Little Spoon, all feathered out and creamy white,

I did not have a camera that day and did not see the bird again

Seals on the breaker off the western head

Great Cormorant Razorbills and an eider

Shearwater passing, sooty I think,  I did not see many this summer.

there were spells where fishing was not so good this summer, the terns raised very few young and the Puffins did not do very well either.

 Great  White Cormorant chick, 2021

late spring early summer 2021

 late spring early summer 2021

Right, 

so here are some photos from boat rides to seal island mostly the order they appear in is haphazard

I see Razorbills, Great Cormorant, Arctic terns, Puffins, Black Guillemots, Common terns , Double-crested Cormorant, daily,  Murre most days, also Wilsons Petrels, gannets are becoming more frequent, I have seen just two sooty shearwater and one Manx, but expect more shearwaters before long, also Eider, Black-backed Gulls, Laughing Gulls and Herring Gulls, there has been a Peregrine at Seal Island.

The Red-billed Tropicbird has been out there,

 There have been a few Harlequin ducks at Brimstone.

Porpoise and Grey Seals every day, though the porpoise have been fairly few,

Great Cormorant and Herring Gull Seal Island

Great Cormorant nests Seal Island,

Cormorant nests Seal Island

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Arctic Tern at Wooden ball

A Murre at Seal Island

 El Señor Tropical June 24th,  Red-billed Tropicbird Seal Island.

June 11, Seal island, El Pajaro Milagroso

June 11, Brimstone, male Harlequins

June 14th Seal Island, Peregrine

June 14, Peregrine

June 17th, Eider hens and ducklings

Eider pair and 3 male Harlequin, June 17th

I took a few days to go inland to Baxter,  my hiking buddies Flo and Troy on the table lands

We Hiked up Hamlin Ridge in the background

Loons up there, North that is 

The Great Norther Diver

Ok it looks as if we are back on the coast, it makes me wonder, why don't Gannets go fishing in fresh water, there was a greater shearwater on Rangely lake so I suspect there have been gannets on lakes but they seem to be great at not going inland.

Puffin Razorbills and eiders

Can you spot the bird in this one, bent white feather near the middle,

yup RBTB, June 5th

Comb Jelly,  Submersable electric blimp

Red-necked Phalerope, aka norther, or needle billed,  June 6

Harlequins June 8th, Brimstone

Parula singing to Lilac, this was not at Seal Island, 

May 24, red-necked Phalerope

Eagle over Otter Island nest.

May 16, Brant on Seal Island.

April 29, Roberts Island, Otter Island beyond, Eider headed ashore.