Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Day 18.333: Saturday's ocean sightings

Well, here - finally - are the off-shore bird sightings from Saturday morning.

Common loon

Red-necked grebe

Surf scoter

White-winged scoters

Mergansers (likely red-breasted)

Common eider

Black scoters

Harlequin ducks

The same group in flight

Red-breasted mergansers

Common mergansers

American black ducks

Canada geese

Long-tailed duck

He gave us a few chances to watch him in flight

And then landed quite obligingly

A second arrival caused some drama

"My tail is longer than yours!" or some such

White-winged scoter

Surf scoters

Great cormorant

Black guillemot

Common eider

Common eider


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