[Maine-birds] Bar Harbor boat trip highlights Tuesday

Hello Maine Birders:

We went out with Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company's "Puffins and Whales Trip" yesterday at noon and enjoyed a fantastic day on the water, both for seas and birds.

The first highlight came before we even left the dock. A lingering subadult Iceland Gull was standing on a dock in the harbor. Out at Petit Manan we had great looks at Razorbills, Atlantic Puffins, Arctic Terns, and a single Common Murre. 

We left Petit Manan behind and motored out to "The Ballpark" in search of whales. En route we picked up a Northern Gannet, several Northern Fulmars, a few Red-throated Loons, and multiple small flocks of Red-necked Phalaropes. 

The cetacean highlight was a cow Humpback Whale and her accompanying calf, which splashed around on the surface and even breached to the thrill of all on board.

Good birding,

Eric

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Eric Hynes

Telluride, CO

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Field Guides Birding Tours

www.fieldguides.com

http://fieldguides.com/guides/eric-hynes

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