Pigeon Guillemot | Sitka Nature https://www.sitkanature.org On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:48:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-raven_trees_watermark_8.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pigeon Guillemot | Sitka Nature https://www.sitkanature.org 32 32 20990835 GBBC – Alcids https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2011/02/21/gbbc-alcids/ https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2011/02/21/gbbc-alcids/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:28:49 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/?p=4182 It was a good day for alcids out on the water yesterday. There was little wind, and the islands did a good job of blocking the swell, so conditions were good for viewing. Highlights included a Pigeon Guillemot back in its summer blacks, a couple of early Rhinoceros Auklets, a Horned Puffin, bunches of Marbled ... Read more

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It was a good day for alcids out on the water yesterday. There was little wind, and the islands did a good job of blocking the swell, so conditions were good for viewing. Highlights included a Pigeon Guillemot back in its summer blacks, a couple of early Rhinoceros Auklets, a Horned Puffin, bunches of Marbled Murrelets, and over 1000 Common Murres (with some already back in their summer dress). There were quite a few murres in Krestof Sound and other locations, but the vast majority observed were in Nakwasina Sound.

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