[Maine-birds] Little gull, Manx Shearwater, Parasitic Jaeger, etc, Eastport area

I took advantage of the calm before the storm and cruised from Eastport, Maine to East Quoddy Head, New Brunswick.  Birding highlights included one little gull (second-calendar year), one parasitic jaeger, and two Manx shearwaters.  Harbor porpoise were also plentiful and I also saw one minke whale. A full list of observations is below as well as a link to photos.

Cheers,

Chris Bartlett

https://picasaweb.google.com/cbartlett64/HeadHarborPassageArea102612?authkey=Gv1sRgCKrEw-6Pto7LRQ

Head Harbor Passage, Charlotte, CA-NB
Oct 26, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
16 species

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  1
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)  230
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  2
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)  2
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)  13
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)  35
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  2
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)  90
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)  1000
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  25
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  10
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)  1
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)  1
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)  30

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