Saturday, 9 June 2012

[Maine-birds] Petit Manan Island 9 June 2012

We took the first of our daily scheduled trips to Petit Manan I. today. (This is a 3.5 hour commercial nature cruise leaving from Bar Harbor daily at 1:15 p.m.) We do not land on the island.

Birds seen:
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Common Eider
Bald Eagle in Frenchman Bay on way to Petit Manan
Peregrine Falcon, 1 flying toward Petit Manan
Osprey, on nest in Frenchman Bay
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern 2
Common Tern 200+
Arctic Tern 50+
Common Murre 1 roosting with Puffins
Razorbill 4 roosting with Puffins
Black Guillemot
Atlantic Puffin 200+

non bird: Many Red Admiral butterflies, Harbor Porpoise, Harbor Seal.

This list is for the entire trip, not just Petit Manan
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