Monday 22 July 2013

[Maine-birds] South Polar Skua

I'm a visiting birder from California, enjoying several days in Maine. Today I went on my second Whale Watch tour out of Bar Harbor, picking up some East Coast pelagics.  

Best bird was a very brief view of a South Polar Skua stealing a fish from a Herring Gull.  This was on the way out from Petit Manan, this morning (7/22) at about 10:30 AM. I was able to capture a distant photo of the aerial acrobatics - 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amaizlish/9347592540/

Other birds are likely all the expected ones this time of year.   I was quite happy to see my first Razorbills too.

Aaron Maizlish
San Francisco, CA

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