[Maine-birds] Bar Harbor pelagic

I was out with the Bar Harbor Whale Watch and a couple friends for a morning of pelagic birding. This included swinging by Petit Manan Island to see the bird colony there. We had a wonderful tour with a good run of pelagic birds. The complete list:

 

Common Eider, 100+
Northern Fulmar, 4
Great Shearwater, 100+

Sooty Shearwater, 6+

Manx Shearwater, 2

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, 200+

Northern Gannet, 10+

Double-crested Cormorant, 50+

Great Cormorant, 1

flock of 14 peep sandpipers

phalarope sp., 7

Laughing Gull, nesting on Petit Manan Island

Herring Gull, nesting on Petit Manan Island

Great Black-backed Gull, 30+

Common Tern, nesting on Petit Manan Island

Arctic Tern, nesting on Petit Manan Island

Pomarine Jaeger, 1

Parasitic Jaeger, 1

Common Murre, 8

Razorbill, nesting on Petit Manan Island

Atlantic Puffin, nesting on Petit Manan Island

Black Guillemot, 50+, 100+
Sooty Shearwater, 6+
Manx Shearwater, 2
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, 200+
Northern Gannet, 10+
Double-crested Cormorant, 50+
Great Cormorant, 1
flock of 14 peep sandpipers
phalarope sp., 7
Laughing Gull, nesting colony on Petit Manan Island
Herring Gull, nesting colony on Petit Manan Island
Great Black-backed Gull, 30+
Common Tern, nesting colony on Petit Manan Island
Arctic Tern, nesting colony on Petit Manan Island
Pomarine Jaeger, 1
Parasitic Jaeger, 1 (flew directly over the boat)
Common Murre, 8
Razorbill, nesting colony on Petit Manan Island
Atlantic Puffin, nesting colony on Petit Manan Island
Black Guillemot, 50+

 

 

Richard MacDonald

The Natural History Center

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