July 15, Southern Mark Island, posted Nov. 11

July 15,  (posted Nov 11 2016, first armistice day after the death of truth.)

You can see several Great Cormorant nests on the edge of the Double-crested Cormorant colony

 I counted 8 great Cormorant nests at this site, a total of 43, there were 40 counted last year,

There were 260 nests counted in 1992

you can see large young in some of the nests.

July 11, ride to Seal Island, posted Aug 17.

A few pictures from the July 11 trip to Seal Island.

Herring gull with tern chick.

Great Cormorants on SW cove, many downy young.

The Red-billed tropic bird was there.

Great Cormorants and eider at Eastern Ledge.

Eider and Harlequin little Roberts

Young Bald eagle on Otter Island.

July 9, '16 to Seal Island, some photos, posted Aug 14,

July 9, 016, trip to Seal Island some photos, posted Aug 14.

Puffin ashore on Seal Island,

Dowitcher, moving through,

Short-billed Dowitcher,

the Red-billed Tropic bird,

Flying around harassing terns less these days, has taken up with buoys,  not real faithful to color though very fond of Troy's, pictured here.

I heard it give a mewing call as it wooed this buoy.

We saw several greater shearwater, over near three fathom.

amongst the Eide this Harlequin was still at Little Brimstone.

late June, various dates

some photos from mid to late june.

 Great Cormorants Seal Island

Razorbill, puffin,  Murre,  in Murre cove Seal Island

Great Cormorant Roberts Island

Red-billed Tropic Bird Seal Island

Tropic Bird and tern chasing

Manx Shearwater

Peregrine tern in toe with escort

 this was at Seal Island,

Puffins Razorbills at Matinicus Rock

Matinicus Rock

young Ravens on Wooden Ball

Tropicbird at seal Island

Ringed murre and puffins, near Matinicus rock.

 June 26,  Razorbill and chick

Eider hens and chicks,

Eagles on Hay Island ledge

male harlequin and hen eider at Little Brimstone, June 30

Harlequin

 

Mr. D at Brimstone

DC cormorant,

This is the western head on Seal Island, on the sky line you can see Audubon Cormorant Camera delivered by helicopter in mid April a month after the Cormorants were on territory,  this is the last viable Great cormorant colony in the US.  Fundraising is not Conservation. I feel as if I may have erred in encouraging the National Audubon Society to stop ignoring this species.