Thursday, 6 April 2017

[Maine-birds] Harlequin Duck Cruise

A belated report on Island Heritage Trust's annual Harlequin Duck Cruise - Saturday April 1, 2017:  twenty-two participants had a snowy, somewhat bumpy ride on the Isle au Haut Boat Company's Mink out to Isle au Haut for some late winter birding.


Common Loon

Scoter Trifecta:  Surf,  Black and White-wing

Common Eider

Buffleheads

Long-tail Ducks

Black Guillemot

Glaucuous Gull (a first for this trip)

Red-breasted Mergansers

Herring Gulls

Great Black-back Gulls

Purple Sandpipers

Crows

Great Cormorant

Bald Eagles (2)

Harlequin Ducks




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