Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Basaltic sea cliffs...

on Saint Paul Island provide abundant ledges for a variety of shorebirds, a situation referred to as "favorable geology" by the birders on this adventure:
Here are a couple of clownish tufted puffins:
And a crested auklet:
And let's not forget these two parakeet auklets:

1 comment:

  1. It's easy to get good bird pics, when you're not afraid of heights and leaning over the edge of cliffs....

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