A few from my trip to Grand Manan Island

[bronco]

What a great place to see birds.

Sanderlings & Semipalmated Plovers

Great Skua

Great Skua

Red-necked Phalaropes

Pomarine Jaeger

Greater Shearwater

Greater Shearwater

Northern Gannet

Common Loon

Bald Eagle

[thouc]

Nice! Did you see the sea birds on a boat trip?

Picture #5 looks like a Sooty Shearwater with the pattern of white on the wings and overall shape.

#2-3 I'm also not sure of. Great Skuas usually have more mottled appearance with reddish tones. South Polar Skua and Pomarine Jaeger are possible. Do you have any picture showing the back?

/Thomas

[bronco]

Thomas,

Yes - on "The Day's Catch" with Sea Watch tours and Durlan Ingersoll as the mate/guide. You are correct on #5 and thank you for pointing it out. It was confirmed as a Sooty Shearwater and I typed from the wrong notes and thus misidentified the photo.

As for the Skua - at the time of sighting it was identified as possibly a South Polar Skua - two days later Mr. Ingersoll called and told me he had sent his photos to a Newfoundland based expert who identified it as "year 1 Great Skua".

Thanks, Gary

[thouc]

Great Skua it is then.

[annie]

Great shots! Very nice.

[Henrique Pacheco]

Beautiful! I'd love to see a Skua.

Your phalaropes look to be mostly Red Phalaropes. There looks to be one Red-necked Phalarope in the flock  towards the top left (slender bill, small size).

[bronco]

Beautiful! I'd love to see a Skua.

Your phalaropes look to be mostly Red Phalaropes. There looks to be one Red-necked Phalarope in the flock  towards the top left (slender bill, small size).

Thank you for pointing this out - I will adjust my notes attached to the photo.
Cheers, Gary