Just a quick post to share some recent photos and sightings. We have seen some very impressive feeding groups of gulls, eagles, porpoises and whales! Also quite a few of raptors moving through the area with the sunny days and NW winds we have been having out on the water. A few Scoters starting to show up and we had our first Harlequin duck of the fall. Birding aboard the Quoddy link has been great!
Sightings of interest by day:
Sept. 17th - 5 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and a single BROADWING HAWK seen crossing the Little Letete Passage. Also a PEREGRINE FALCON seen feeding on a kill on Pendleton tower.
Sept. 18th - A BROADWING HAWK, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a KESTREL and a unidentified raptor crossing Letete passage. 7 SURF SCOTERS flying off Green's Point. A LESSER-BLACK BACKED GULL in a feeding group an the first HARLEQUIN DUCK of the fall.
Sept. 19th - a single WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and an adult POMARINE JAEGER off Black's Harbour. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK over Mowat Island. a NORTHERN HARRIER over MacMaster Island. Two RED-TAILED HAWKS crossing Letete passage.
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| Bald eagle diving on baitball of herring |
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| Bald eagle diving on baitball of herring |
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| Bald eagle diving on baitball of herring |
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| Bald eagle diving on baitball of herring, porpoise in foreground |
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| Bald eagle diving on baitball of herring, porpoise in foreground |
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| Bald eagle feeding on the wing |
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| This Black Guillemot has been hanging around the wharf in St. Andrews, great for taking pictures of the back of the boat! |
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| Bonaparte's gull |
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| Flock of Bonaparte's gull being attacked by a peregrine falcon at far right |
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| Broad-winged hawk over MacMaster island |
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| Common Eiders |
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| Common murre |
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
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| Gulls feeding on herring |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Not a bird! Orange sulfur butterfly? |
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| Peregrine falcon feeding on kill on Pendleton tower |
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| Pomarine Jaeger |
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| Red-tailed hawk over Letete passage |
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| Sharp-shinned hawk over Letete passage |
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Surf scoters
We still have room aboard the Sept. 28th bird cruise! It departs the St. Andrews wharf at 9AM and returns around 1PM. Cost is $55 per person. Be sure to call the office to reserve a spot if your interested. The Quoddy office can be reached at (506) 529-2600.
Happy birding
-Nick
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Fantastic shots. LIke the one with the eagle and the porpoise. Neat!
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