We took a boat tour from “Gatherall’s Puffin and Whale Watch” of Witless Bay which turned out to be just awesome. The boat took us out to several islands comprising the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. This is the largest Atlantic puffin colony in North America.
Puffin Colony: each white dot is a cute little puffin on a nest. The puffins prefer grassy areas.
Photos above, closeup of puffins.
Photos below, puffins taking off & landing.
Puffins everywhere, on the island, in the water, and in the sky.
This island was covered in nesting Common Murres/Guillemots. They prefer the bare rock areas.
Common Murres/Guillemots on the bare rock and puffins in the grassy area.
It clouded up and started raining as we were finishing up. The birds were feeding on the water and ‘parted’ as the boat came through. The puffins often had beaks full of little fish hanging out.
Below are some of the colorful, rugged sea-shore rocks along the coast.
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