2011-08 Newfoundland

  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla - juveniles have black bills and a neck ring.
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3195
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3203
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
    Black-legged Kittiwake
    Rissa tridactyla - juvenile.
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3213
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla - adult returning with food for the juvenile.
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla - adult feeding the juvenile.
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3225
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gull Island
    Gull Island
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#4567
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla - juveniles.
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3234
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3242
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Black-legged Kittiwakes
    Rissa tridactyla
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3255
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Island
    Green Island
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#4569
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Murres
    Common Murres
    Uria aalge - juveniles mature at sea and are small and unable to fly when they dive into the sea from the nest ledge.
    Green Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3261
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Murres
    Common Murres
    Uria aalge
    Green Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3286
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Puffins
    Atlantic Puffins
    Fratercula arctica
    Gull Island, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3273
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Puffin
    Atlantic Puffin
    Fratercula arctica
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3304
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Puffin
    Atlantic Puffin
    Fratercula arctica
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3315
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Herring Gull
    Herring Gull
    Larus argentatus
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3276
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chris & Atlantic Cod
    Chris & Atlantic Cod
    Gadus morhua - Chris's friend, our captain brought some fishing gear.
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#4570
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Freshwater Cove
    Freshwater Cove
    Our captain parked here to cook up the cod we had just caught.  It was delicious.
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#4574
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ann & Jerry
    Ann & Jerry
    Jerry is a Canadian Coast Guard Captain.
    Freshwater Cove, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#4580
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Freshwater Cove
    Freshwater Cove
    Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#4584
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-backed Gull
    Black-backed Gull
    Larus marinus
    Freshwater Cove, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, August 14, 2011
    2011-08-14#3323
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannets
    Northern Gannets
    Morus bassanus - golden-headed adults and downy chicks.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3335
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannets
    Northern Gannets
    Morus bassanus - the fog was so dense that the birds were barely visible.  Photoshop allowed me to remove the haze.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3337
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannet
    Northern Gannet
    Morus bassanus
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3366
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannet
    Northern Gannet
    Morus bassanus - with some of the colony visible in the corner.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3385
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
    Black-legged Kittiwake
    Rissa tridactyla - showing the juvenile phase markings.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3395
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannet
    Northern Gannet
    Morus bassanus - flying over the nesting colony.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3430
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannet
    Northern Gannet
    Morus bassanus
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3435
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannet
    Northern Gannet
    Morus bassanus - the nesting colony is on a tall pinnacle very close to the coast.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3442
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Gannet
    Northern Gannet
    Morus bassanus - birds had to essentially drop into their spot due to the crowded situation.
    Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada, September 15, 2011
    2011-08-15#3466
    Larry L. Jackson