Back on the same limb. Winter is coming. Campobello, November 14th. Joyce
The best leaf photo. October, Joyce
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Grand Manan Fall Birds
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:13:59 -0400
From: Roger Burrows NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. GREATER SHEARWATER & SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
November 9
Whistle Road & Long Eddy Point 08:35-10:05
2 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 27 adult Northern Gannets, 6+ Ring-necked Pheasants, adult Bald Eagle, Black-legged Kittiwake, Bonaparte's Gull
Castalia Marsh 10:20-10:45
23 Common Eiders, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (calling)
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:13:59 -0400
From: Roger Burrows NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. GREATER SHEARWATER & SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
November 9
Whistle Road & Long Eddy Point 08:35-10:05
2 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 27 adult Northern Gannets, 6+ Ring-necked Pheasants, adult Bald Eagle, Black-legged Kittiwake, Bonaparte's Gull
Castalia Marsh 10:20-10:45
23 Common Eiders, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (calling)
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
Monday, November 2, 2009
Breaching Minke whale in Friar's Roads, Campobello, NB
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Thanks to Bob Godfrey.
From YouTube:
I only caught about five of them, but this crazy minke whale must have breached 25 times in a row! Minkes don't usually breach at all. Video was taken during a whale watch aboard the Sylvia W. Beale, an 84' wooden schooner in the Bay of Fundy between Eastport, Maine, and Campobello Island, New Brunswick on August 28th 2009. The crew of the ship calls this Minke "Gonzo."
http://bpatricksullivan.wordpress.com/
Thanks to Bob Godfrey.
From YouTube:
I only caught about five of them, but this crazy minke whale must have breached 25 times in a row! Minkes don't usually breach at all. Video was taken during a whale watch aboard the Sylvia W. Beale, an 84' wooden schooner in the Bay of Fundy between Eastport, Maine, and Campobello Island, New Brunswick on August 28th 2009. The crew of the ship calls this Minke "Gonzo."
http://bpatricksullivan.wordpress.com/
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Mystery Boat in the St. Croix Estuary
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Tim Foulkes sent this intriguing photo of a mystery boat. We think the answer has been received, but what do YOU think it is.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Brown Creeper to greet Hallow'd Eve on Grand Manan
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From: Roger Burrows: NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc.AMERICAN KESTREL, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BROWN CREEPER, CAROLINA WREN
October 30
Ingalls Head Road 08:10-08:40
40 American Black Ducks, 4 Mallards, BROWN CREEPER
Grand Harbour 08:40-09:30
150 American Black Ducks, 21 Mallards, 9 Buffleheads, Red-breasted Merganser, male AMERICAN KESTREL, 6 Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, Chipping Sparrow
following with Wayne Neily
Swallowtail 12:35-13:55
5 Common Loons, adult Great & 3 Double-crested Cormorant, adult Northern Gannet, 2 Black Street later), Red-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped Warbler
The Whistle 14:25-14:50
12 Common Eiders, 3 adult Northern Gannets, 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes, Bonaparte's & Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Snow Buntings
Castalia Marsh 15:10-16:00
55 American Black Ducks, Northern Harrier, immature Bald Eagle (Tatton's Corner), 12 Black-bellied Plovers, Ameriucxan Golden-Plover, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 Sandpiper sp. (Dunlin?)
Additional flowers still in bloom at Swallowtail: Groundsel, New Belgium Aster, Slender? Goldenrod, Seaside Goldenrod, Tansy, Least & Tall Hop-Clovers, Yarrow
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
From: Roger Burrows: NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc.AMERICAN KESTREL, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BROWN CREEPER, CAROLINA WREN
October 30
Ingalls Head Road 08:10-08:40
40 American Black Ducks, 4 Mallards, BROWN CREEPER
Grand Harbour 08:40-09:30
150 American Black Ducks, 21 Mallards, 9 Buffleheads, Red-breasted Merganser, male AMERICAN KESTREL, 6 Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, Chipping Sparrow
following with Wayne Neily
Swallowtail 12:35-13:55
5 Common Loons, adult Great & 3 Double-crested Cormorant, adult Northern Gannet, 2 Black Street later), Red-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped Warbler
The Whistle 14:25-14:50
12 Common Eiders, 3 adult Northern Gannets, 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes, Bonaparte's & Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Snow Buntings
Castalia Marsh 15:10-16:00
55 American Black Ducks, Northern Harrier, immature Bald Eagle (Tatton's Corner), 12 Black-bellied Plovers, Ameriucxan Golden-Plover, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 Sandpiper sp. (Dunlin?)
Additional flowers still in bloom at Swallowtail: Groundsel, New Belgium Aster, Slender? Goldenrod, Seaside Goldenrod, Tansy, Least & Tall Hop-Clovers, Yarrow
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
Golden Eagle and other Downeast Birds
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Highlights of birds seen on a walk out to Sprague's Neck Sandbar and surrounding area in Cutler on October 25 included 12 HORNED LARKS, seven WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a MERLIN, and six NORTHERN PINTAILS.
A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen from the causeway on Route 1 in Cutler on October 24.
A Golden Eagle flew along the shoreline of Spednic Lake in Vanceboro on October 25.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
Highlights of birds seen on a walk out to Sprague's Neck Sandbar and surrounding area in Cutler on October 25 included 12 HORNED LARKS, seven WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a MERLIN, and six NORTHERN PINTAILS.
A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen from the causeway on Route 1 in Cutler on October 24.
A Golden Eagle flew along the shoreline of Spednic Lake in Vanceboro on October 25.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
Coming to Letite Passage? Courtesy of Quebec Hydro maybe?
L’ETETE, New Brunswick — For those unaccustomed to the Bay of Fundy’s powerful tides, watching them flow through the mile-wide L’Etete Passage is a disorienting experience.
On this rocky, fog-plagued coast, the ocean streaks past like a powerful river, the current so strong it carries small boats backwards and creates whirlpools large enough to swamp them. Six hours later, it flows just as fast in the opposite direction.
At the head of the Bay of Fundy 180 miles away, these tides reach 53 feet — the world’s highest — exposing the seafloor for as far as the eye can see at low tide. When the sea returns, the water rushes back in so quickly that you would have to jog to keep ahead of it.
People have long dreamed of harnessing these powerful tides to generate power. Franklin D. Roosevelt presided over a massive international energy project that would have dammed L’Etete and the other passages between Passamaquoddy Bay and the Bay of Fundy. The environmental and monetary costs of tidal dams thwarted the project in the early stages of construction, however. Subsequent efforts were also nixed before they got off the drawing board.
But now tidal power is back. Supporters hope new technologies will bring clean, renewable energy with little or no harm to the marine environment. These “in-stream” technologies require no dams. Rather, turbines are attached to the seafloor, where they are spun by the tides beneath shipping lanes, unseen and unheard by people ashore...
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Editor's note: The remainder of this article is restricted to members of GlobalPost Passport. "http://www.globalpost.com/passport/foreign-desk/091021/exploiting-the-motion-the-ocean".
Photo Credit: Globalpost
Right whales gone from the Bay of Fundy?
posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 21 hours ago
On October 28 we did an aerial survey of the Grand Manan Basin where right whales are typically found. I had been out on October 25 by boat covering a small portion of this area as well. On both days, no r... more.
Finback whales, October 30th, 09 Head Harbour Lightstation
finback whles, October 30th, 09 Head Harbour Lightstation
Originally uploaded by headharbourlight
Three finbacks, many porpoise and some small whale or big fish feeding near the light, maybe tuna.
More tomorrow. Joyce
Whale activity at the lightstation - Head Harbour Passage
Three finbacks, a minke, a humpback and several small whales or big tuna feeding near the light. October 30th, 2009 More tomorrow. Joyce
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Time's Running Out For the Halloween Pic Contest!!!
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Only three days left to enter the contest!!! Send your spookiest photo right now to artmackay.ILQW @ blogger.com
Photo Credit: USFWS
Only three days left to enter the contest!!! Send your spookiest photo right now to artmackay.ILQW @ blogger.com
Photo Credit: USFWS
Friday, October 23, 2009
Quoddy Mist Sea Salt
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You can't find a more local and sustainable business than this. Congratulations and good luck to the folks at Quoddy Mist. Spread the word folks. Thanks to Vera F. via Twitter
Art
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From QuoddyMist.com
The coast of Maine has long been associated with the cold and pristine crashing surf that is home to Quoddy Mist, a division of L&C Enterprise LLC. Our facility located in Lubec, Maine accesses seawater daily from the Bay of Fundy, which has the greatest tidal range in the world (over 50 feet near the head of the bay) providing Atlantic Saltworks of Maine with a nutrient rich and unique natural resource which is the key to its distinctive flavor and texture.
Quoddy Mist produces an all natural high quality sea salt in a variety of grades, crystal sizes and flavors of sea salt and caters to white tablecloth restaurants, natural food stores and specialty gourmet shops throughout North America.
More ...
You can't find a more local and sustainable business than this. Congratulations and good luck to the folks at Quoddy Mist. Spread the word folks. Thanks to Vera F. via Twitter
Art
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From QuoddyMist.com
The coast of Maine has long been associated with the cold and pristine crashing surf that is home to Quoddy Mist, a division of L&C Enterprise LLC. Our facility located in Lubec, Maine accesses seawater daily from the Bay of Fundy, which has the greatest tidal range in the world (over 50 feet near the head of the bay) providing Atlantic Saltworks of Maine with a nutrient rich and unique natural resource which is the key to its distinctive flavor and texture.
Quoddy Mist produces an all natural high quality sea salt in a variety of grades, crystal sizes and flavors of sea salt and caters to white tablecloth restaurants, natural food stores and specialty gourmet shops throughout North America.
More ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The richest land uplifts the poorest people - A formula for Quoddy's future?
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Congratulations to the participating contries in Africa on the formation of this transfrontier park. Amazing isn't it that we are unable to form a Canada-US-Passamaquoddy International Park in the West Isles Quoddy Region in spite of the documented and known value of this ecosystem. Think about it, it could transform OUR future and all of the components are in place.
The richest land uplifts the poorest people - Is this a message for the "Oh poor us" proponents? Read this article.
Art
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When elephants were released into iSimangaliso Wetland Park in 2002, walking its earth for the first time in over 100 years, former President Nelson Mandela said:
'This must be the only place on the globe where the world's oldest land mammal (the rhinoceros) and the world's biggest land mammal (the elephant) share an ecosystem with the world's oldest fish (the coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (the whale).'
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a keystone of the planned Lubombo Transfrontier Park. This is Africa's very first marine and coastal transfrontier conservation area.
It has hundreds of kilometres of coastline and beaches, all the charismatic megafauna you might wish to see, three major lake systems – including Kosi Bay, Lake St Lucia and Lake Sibayi – and dozens of game reserves within the broader Maputaland region, a globally recognised centre of endemism.
There are also five Ramsar wetlands of global importance, and the exquisite beaches are sanctuaries for giant turtles.
This new transfrontier conservation area, involving South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique, is arguably the most complex of the six transfrontier parks involving South Africa.
One of the most notable projects, involving KwaZulu-Natal's transfrontier area, is extending Mozambique's Maputo Special Reserve southwards to the Tembe Elephant Park. This corridor will reconnect two elephant populations fragmented by the civil war in Mozamibique and cut off by a fence in 1989.
The Lubombo transfrontier conservation area may be rich in natural assets, but for decades the people living around here suffered terrible poverty. Conservation efforts are changing all that, creating jobs, training and unprecedented opportunities. New bridges link communities, and roads provide all-weather access to clinics and schools. And this infrastructure itself was created by hiring the poorest of the poor.
From: http://www.southafrica.net/sat/content/en/us/full-article?oid=9525&sn=Detail&pid=1
Congratulations to the participating contries in Africa on the formation of this transfrontier park. Amazing isn't it that we are unable to form a Canada-US-Passamaquoddy International Park in the West Isles Quoddy Region in spite of the documented and known value of this ecosystem. Think about it, it could transform OUR future and all of the components are in place.
The richest land uplifts the poorest people - Is this a message for the "Oh poor us" proponents? Read this article.
Art
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The richest land uplifts the poorest people
The Lubombo Transfrontier Park
The Lubombo Transfrontier Park, combining the conservation efforts of South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique, will reunite elephant families, ecosystems and offer greater sanctuary for turtles. But the greatest change has been in the new opportunities that have opened for the people.
The Lubombo Transfrontier Park – a land of water.
© Chris Marais
'This must be the only place on the globe where the world's oldest land mammal (the rhinoceros) and the world's biggest land mammal (the elephant) share an ecosystem with the world's oldest fish (the coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (the whale).'
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a keystone of the planned Lubombo Transfrontier Park. This is Africa's very first marine and coastal transfrontier conservation area.
It has hundreds of kilometres of coastline and beaches, all the charismatic megafauna you might wish to see, three major lake systems – including Kosi Bay, Lake St Lucia and Lake Sibayi – and dozens of game reserves within the broader Maputaland region, a globally recognised centre of endemism.
There are also five Ramsar wetlands of global importance, and the exquisite beaches are sanctuaries for giant turtles.
This new transfrontier conservation area, involving South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique, is arguably the most complex of the six transfrontier parks involving South Africa.
One of the most notable projects, involving KwaZulu-Natal's transfrontier area, is extending Mozambique's Maputo Special Reserve southwards to the Tembe Elephant Park. This corridor will reconnect two elephant populations fragmented by the civil war in Mozamibique and cut off by a fence in 1989.
The Lubombo transfrontier conservation area may be rich in natural assets, but for decades the people living around here suffered terrible poverty. Conservation efforts are changing all that, creating jobs, training and unprecedented opportunities. New bridges link communities, and roads provide all-weather access to clinics and schools. And this infrastructure itself was created by hiring the poorest of the poor.
From: http://www.southafrica.net/sat/content/en/us/full-article?oid=9525&sn=Detail&pid=1
Danielle Dion's Whale Videos at Facebook
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Well!!! Danielle has been posting spectacular whale videos to ILQW Facebook Group at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62839153997.
I set this up months ago and somehow Facebook didn't get my attention and I missed these. I still can't figure out how to get copies on the ILQW blog, but don't miss the posts on Facebook. (This one is by a passenger not Danielle.)
Also, please join the group and I'll try to see how I can integrate the two sites.
Art
Well!!! Danielle has been posting spectacular whale videos to ILQW Facebook Group at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62839153997.
I set this up months ago and somehow Facebook didn't get my attention and I missed these. I still can't figure out how to get copies on the ILQW blog, but don't miss the posts on Facebook. (This one is by a passenger not Danielle.)
Also, please join the group and I'll try to see how I can integrate the two sites.
Art
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Now this is SPOOKY!
The things you find on the web. Joyce
Click here to visit the site. http://nynerd.com/amazing-predator-pumpkin-carving/
Click here to visit the site. http://nynerd.com/amazing-predator-pumpkin-carving/
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Pumkin Pranksters... by Maurice Haddon
These carvings were inspired by a food calendar I’d seen somewhere…
They kept the postman away for two weeks!
Pumpkins carved by Maurice Haddon.
Source of calendar that provided inspiration unknown.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Join Quoddy Link on our last whale watch of the 2009 season
Call 1-877-688-2600 for information and reservations...you can email me too if you have any questions...danielle.m.dion@hotmail.com
Cheers,
Danielle and Quoddy LInk Marine
Friday, October 16, 2009
Spooky Halloween pirate ship...AKA the Jolly Breeze of St. Andrews
Happy Halloween everyone!
Cheers,
Danielle
Happy Hissing Halloween Cat
Take care
Steve (Tinker)
Winner of the I Love Quoddy Wild Contest to receive new book about Quoddy - Enter today!
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Bocabec Bluebird
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I pretty little Eastern Bluebird visited us at Bocabec this afternoon.
Art
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
I pretty little Eastern Bluebird visited us at Bocabec this afternoon.
Art
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
Indigo Buntings and other birds at Grand Manan
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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:33:10 -0300
From: Roger Burrows, Nature NB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. KING EIDER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED & LARK SPARROWS, INDIGO BUNTINGS
October 12
Thoroughfare Road 08:30-09:15
Great Blue Heron, immature male KING EIDER (pink bill), 19 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs
Castalia Marsh 09:20-10:10
48 Green-winged Teals, 23 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 American Golden-plovers Semipalmated Plover, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS (late), 2 Dunlins, 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 4 American pipits
North Head 10:25-11:35
adult Bald Eagle, adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 5 Northern Flickers, EASTERN PHOEBE, 9+ Yellow-rumped Warblers, 39 Chipping, 2 Savannah, 14 Song & 5 White-throated Sparrows, immature CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, adult LARK SPARROW, female Northern Cardinal, 4+ INDIGO BUNTINGS, 29+ Common Grackles
Whistle Road & Old Dumpsite 12:00-12:45 & 13:40-13:45
Merlin, 5 immature Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 2 Hermit Thrushes, BROWN THRASHER (by Eel Brook), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat, 16 Chipping, 22 Sparrows, immature LARK SPARROW, 3+ Dark-eyed Juncos
The Whistle 12:45-12:55
6 Common Eiders, 5+ Black-legged Kittiwakes, 150+ Bonaparte's Gulls, White-crowned & 16 Chipping Sparrows
Ashburton Head Trail 12:55-13:40
immature Bald Eagle, 6 Golden-crowned & 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Blackpoll Warbler, 18 Chipping & 16 White-throated Sparrows, 18 Dark-eyed Juncos
Also a few late SULPHUR butterflies.
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
Photo Credit Indigo Bunting: wikipedia.com
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:33:10 -0300
From: Roger Burrows, Nature NB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. KING EIDER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED & LARK SPARROWS, INDIGO BUNTINGS
October 12
Thoroughfare Road 08:30-09:15
Great Blue Heron, immature male KING EIDER (pink bill), 19 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs
Castalia Marsh 09:20-10:10
48 Green-winged Teals, 23 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 American Golden-plovers Semipalmated Plover, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS (late), 2 Dunlins, 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 4 American pipits
North Head 10:25-11:35
adult Bald Eagle, adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 5 Northern Flickers, EASTERN PHOEBE, 9+ Yellow-rumped Warblers, 39 Chipping, 2 Savannah, 14 Song & 5 White-throated Sparrows, immature CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, adult LARK SPARROW, female Northern Cardinal, 4+ INDIGO BUNTINGS, 29+ Common Grackles
Whistle Road & Old Dumpsite 12:00-12:45 & 13:40-13:45
Merlin, 5 immature Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 2 Hermit Thrushes, BROWN THRASHER (by Eel Brook), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat, 16 Chipping, 22 Sparrows, immature LARK SPARROW, 3+ Dark-eyed Juncos
The Whistle 12:45-12:55
6 Common Eiders, 5+ Black-legged Kittiwakes, 150+ Bonaparte's Gulls, White-crowned & 16 Chipping Sparrows
Ashburton Head Trail 12:55-13:40
immature Bald Eagle, 6 Golden-crowned & 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Blackpoll Warbler, 18 Chipping & 16 White-throated Sparrows, 18 Dark-eyed Juncos
Also a few late SULPHUR butterflies.
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan
Photo Credit Indigo Bunting: wikipedia.com
Halloween Howling Wolf
Hi Art,
Here's my Halloween scary shot from the Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre outside Haliburton, ON from T'giving weekend. This is the least alpha male (omega????) in their pack, Haida. The eyes are also his from our trip up there last March for spring break.
...........dHOOP.............
Dorothea R. Hooper
Dorothea R. Hooper
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Remarkable trip through the outer Bay of Fundy
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View Audubon Pelagic Trip in a larger map
As reported in NatureNB
Location: Maine Audubon Annual Pelagic Tour, Observation date: 10/3/09
Notes: Departed from Bar Harbor on the Friendship V, motored ENE to Machias Seal Island, then just south of Grand Manan Island to Gannet Rock, then SW to Grand Manan Banks and back west returning to Frenchman Bay. Seas were fairly calm throughout trip, building to maybe two or three feet near end of trip. Winds SE but light most of the day, building upon our return. Skies mostly sunny then clouded up, no rain until we were back in Frenchman Bay. Non-birds included many bluefin tuna, harbor seals, gray seals, harbor porpoise, Minke whale 3+,humpback whale 6+, finback whale 2, northern right whale 2, and pilot whale 15+
Number of species: 30
Common Eider 120
Surf Scoter 12
White-winged Scoter 10
ommon Loon 3
Northern Fulmar ~275 mostly light morphs, some intermediates, few dark morphs
Greater Shearwater ~3150 incredible show, over 1,000 south of Great Wass Island, almost continually in view throughout the trip
Sooty Shearwater ~350 surprisingly large number given the date and location
Manx Shearwater 4
shearwater sp. 1 a leucistic bird, many photos taken,
remiges heavily worn, I was leaning towards Sooty but not sure, had a quicker, snapper wing beat compared to Greater but my have been necessitated by damaged wings
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2000+ surprisingly large number given the late date, most were SE of Machias Seal Island and while we were motoring back
Leach's Storm-Petrel 2
Northern Gannet 82 mostly immature birds
Double-crested Cormorant ~200
Great Cormorant 1 flew over Machias Seal Island
Great Blue Heron 1 well offshore, in flight
Merlin 1 On Machias Seal Island
Peregrine Falcon 1 On Machias Seal Island
Red-necked Phalarope 8 a group of three, then 5 mixed in with the Red Phalaropes
Red Phalarope 143 all in winter plumage
Black-legged Kittiwake 18 mix of adults and immature
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 a subadult at Machias Seal Island
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern 1 brief look, flew over the boat
Pomarine Jaeger 10 a mix of adults and immature and light and dark morphs
Common Murre 1 not a great look, in with a couple of Razorbills
Razorbill 60 most were south of Grand Manan Island, near Gannet Rock
Black Guillemot 8
Atlantic Puffin 20
American Goldfinch 2
passerine sp. 1 flying over Machias Seal Island, too far out to identify
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Eric Hynes
Gilsland Farm Naturalist / Adult Education Program Coordinator
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
View Audubon Pelagic Trip in a larger map
As reported in NatureNB
Location: Maine Audubon Annual Pelagic Tour, Observation date: 10/3/09
Notes: Departed from Bar Harbor on the Friendship V, motored ENE to Machias Seal Island, then just south of Grand Manan Island to Gannet Rock, then SW to Grand Manan Banks and back west returning to Frenchman Bay. Seas were fairly calm throughout trip, building to maybe two or three feet near end of trip. Winds SE but light most of the day, building upon our return. Skies mostly sunny then clouded up, no rain until we were back in Frenchman Bay. Non-birds included many bluefin tuna, harbor seals, gray seals, harbor porpoise, Minke whale 3+,humpback whale 6+, finback whale 2, northern right whale 2, and pilot whale 15+
Number of species: 30
Common Eider 120
Surf Scoter 12
White-winged Scoter 10
ommon Loon 3
Northern Fulmar ~275 mostly light morphs, some intermediates, few dark morphs
Greater Shearwater ~3150 incredible show, over 1,000 south of Great Wass Island, almost continually in view throughout the trip
Sooty Shearwater ~350 surprisingly large number given the date and location
Manx Shearwater 4
shearwater sp. 1 a leucistic bird, many photos taken,
remiges heavily worn, I was leaning towards Sooty but not sure, had a quicker, snapper wing beat compared to Greater but my have been necessitated by damaged wings
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2000+ surprisingly large number given the late date, most were SE of Machias Seal Island and while we were motoring back
Leach's Storm-Petrel 2
Northern Gannet 82 mostly immature birds
Double-crested Cormorant ~200
Great Cormorant 1 flew over Machias Seal Island
Great Blue Heron 1 well offshore, in flight
Merlin 1 On Machias Seal Island
Peregrine Falcon 1 On Machias Seal Island
Red-necked Phalarope 8 a group of three, then 5 mixed in with the Red Phalaropes
Red Phalarope 143 all in winter plumage
Black-legged Kittiwake 18 mix of adults and immature
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 a subadult at Machias Seal Island
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern 1 brief look, flew over the boat
Pomarine Jaeger 10 a mix of adults and immature and light and dark morphs
Common Murre 1 not a great look, in with a couple of Razorbills
Razorbill 60 most were south of Grand Manan Island, near Gannet Rock
Black Guillemot 8
Atlantic Puffin 20
American Goldfinch 2
passerine sp. 1 flying over Machias Seal Island, too far out to identify
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Eric Hynes
Gilsland Farm Naturalist / Adult Education Program Coordinator
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
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