[Maine-birds] Re: Gannets on Machias Seal Island, NB, CA

I forgot to mention that the trip out of Eastport, ME into the
Passamaquoddy Bay was chartered by Eastport Windjammers aboard the
Lady H.

On May 29, 9:48 am, Barry <be...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
>      On Sun, May 28th, I had the privilege of going to Machias Seal
> Island (via Bold Coast Tours, Cutler, ME) with the Road Scholar group
> of the Downeast Birdfestival.  We were eager to see to see all of the
> alcids......but were equally excited about the possibilty of seeing a
> Northern gannet nest (as previosly reported by Ralph Eldridge).  Well,
> I got lucky and was placed in the blind that had a view of the nest.
> My blind mates and I witnessed the pair constantly bringing in nesting
> material (mostly Rock weed), sitting in the nest, and at on point I
> witnessed the pair copulate.  It was a fantastic day out there.  Here
> is a link to some photos of the nest:http://www.flickr.com/photos/21615434@N02/
>
> Our "Good" birds for the festival were:
> Black-legged kittiwakes nesting on White Horse Island in Passamaquoddy
> Bay NB, CA
> 1 Purple sandpiper on a ledge in Passamaquoddy Bay
> 2 Boreal chickadees on Boot Head Trail in in Lubec on Boot Cove Rd.
> (Hike lead by Bob and Sandi Duchesne)
> 15~ White-winged scoters on the way out to MSI
> 1000s of Razorbills, Atlantic puffin and Common murres MSI
> Peregrine Falcon MSI

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