recent photos from Trips to Seal Island

first half of June 2023, photos from trips to Seal Island.

still a few gannets passing by

lots of Wilsons Petrels,  they showed up during the first week in June, a bit earlier than usual I think.

GoldenSeal and blue baby,   Southern Poplestone ledge

 eagle chick,  Otter Island

Harlequins and eider hens Brimstone,  

Harlequins and eider Little Diamond rock,  June 10

red-necked phalarope, June 10

June 10th red-necked Phalarope.

Eiders

Double-crested Cormorant and Razorbill

Great Cormorant

Puffins: Seal Island

mixed cormorant colony, Great and Double-crested, Seal Island

male harlequin Brimstone

Eagle Otter Island

Eiders

Puffins and a murre

Great cormorants

murre

Murre Seal Island

Razorbills

Razorbill, double crested cormorant, and great cormorant and young male eider

Male Eider

Arctic Tern Seal Island

Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

Mink on Green's

May 2023, a few pictures

Here are a few recent photos, from trips to Seal Island and Matinicus Rock

There has been a few hundred black scoters at Seal Island, I saw a pair of red-throated Loons flying over,  a few Gannets, merlins and a peregrine at Seal, there was an Iceland gull at Seal Is. May 6,  lots of Sea Pigeons.

Harlequin ducks at Brimstone, may 26

Star Fisher, SW cove

a pair off Surf Scoters at Seal Island May 6

a pair of Eider,  

great Cormorants at Seal Island.

Razorbills and Murres at Matinicus Rock, may 9

puffins at Matinicus Rock

I think a Peregrine ate this Puffin

Harlequins at Seal Island

Harlequin hauled out in Squeaker guzzle.

Harlequin Seal Island

a pair of Eider

Harlequin ducks, Little Robert's Island,  May 6

Laughing Gull

Great Cormorant Little Robert's Island