Good afternoon everyone, I wanted to share a brief update about our Annual Coastal and Pelagic Bird Trip which was on the morning of Saturday, September 27th. The weather was perfect and the slower speeds due to oue of our engines being down was no issue with a trip like this! The highlights of the trip were a 1st winter LITTLE GULL, huge rafts of eider ducks, jaegers, multiple great cormorants and 1000’s of Bonaparte’s gulls. We also saw three minke whales, lots of porpoise and seals but our focus was on birds. Look for more photos and an in depth description of our trip on Nick’s Quoddy Link Bird Blog
Here are a few photos that I took yesterday
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| A raft of eider ducks, there were more here, all I could get in |
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| Black guillemots in their winter plumage |
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| Bonaparte’s gull |
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| Bonaparte’s gull showing characteristic white leading edge of the wing |
On the other trip we did yesterday we did was a chartered trip with a group of international students. We spent time off Spruce Island in Head Harbour Passage with a minke whale and we also saw lots of porpoise and both harbour and grey seals.
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| One harbour porpoise, the one on the bottom is a reflection |
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| Check out the characteristic surfacing of the minke whale! |
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| minke |
Now for an update on the Quoddy Link herself, we have a mechanic coming down tomorrow (with the parts) and hopefully the boat will be up and running with TWO engines by tomorrow or Tuesday at the very latest!
Thanks you everyone for checking in and thanks to everyone for your patience over the last week with our boat troubles,
Cheers,
Danielle
