I arrived back on the island a bit before noon today.
Likely of highest interest to many is the ANCIENT MURRELET.
It hasn't been seen since it was photographed on May 27th. That could be at least partly because nobody here was aware of the sighting and consequently nobody was looking for it.
Anyway, I did quite a bit of scanning this afternoon without success.
On a more positive note, a pair of GANNETS has set up housekeeping with a brand new nest.
I'm not real optimistic for their success, given their choice of location, but .............
The TERNS are back and there are some eggs. It's not nearly as flourishing as last year; numbers are more like 2014.
Nonetheless, there's reason to hope for modest success.
All of the ALCIDS are well into their breeding with the RAZORBILLS apparently continuing their population increase and territorial expansion, pressuring the PUFFINS for space.
Likewise, the MURRES are ballooning and pressuring the Razorbills for nesting space.
There are still a fair number of migrants, mostly warblers, hanging around. MAGNOLIA WARBLERS & female REDSTARTS are especially numerous. There is a mix of other common species: JUNCO, WHITE THROATED SPARROW, CATBIRD, among others.
COMMON EIDERS are nesting but there is an exceptional number of males still around the island.
Some years it's near impossible to find a male after laying and incubation have commenced. Today I noted over 50 mature males and about 20 sub-adult males.
I've seen a couple of SPOTTED SANDPIPER but haven't had enough time to see whether the total number this year is close to normal.
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