While Derek’s Machias Seal Island trip was dipping on Tufted Puffin, a Seal Island trip out of Stonington was dipping on Red-billed Tropicbird. That wasn’t a huge surprise, given that it seems to be elsewhere in midday.
But the big surprise was a tight-knit group of seven Parasitic Jaegers just sitting on the water as we returned home. They took flight as we approached. Noah Gibbs and Linda Powell got good photos.
There were a couple dozen Wilson’s Storm-petrels and two gannets along the way, but no shearwaters. Otherwise, the near-glass conditions around Seal produced the same results as at Machias Seal. The alcids were just loafing on the water in big flocks. Twas a nifty day all around.
Bob Duchesne
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