"Singing my little heart out" - Songster on Isle of St. Pierre, France off Newfoundland. |
Northern Gannet in Flight |
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Wanderbird - Scenery - Birding - Whale Watching
In addition to our Seabird Watching Cruises, our Expeditions to Alaska, Newfoundland & Labrador offer Excellent Pelagic Bird Watching Opportunities!
Kayaking and Pelagic Seabirds Cruises
June is nesting season! On our Pelagic Bird Watching Cruise, we travel to the outer and offshore islands of the Maine Coast to view nesting seabirds such as puffins, razorbills, terns, eider ducks, guillemots, cormorant, a variety of gulls and storm petrels.
Schedule your trip now by calling 1-866-SEA-BIRD or 1-866-732-2473 or E-mail: wanderbirdcruises@gmail.com
You can also Reserve Online.
Those of you sailing on longer expedition voyages which travel offshore, or cruising the rich coastal waters of beautiful Alaska, Maine, maritime Canada, wild Labrador or Greenland will have the pleasure of pelagic bird watching. Gregarious seabirds congregate around feeding whales and readily follow fishing trawlers seeking chum. Wanderbird is no exception!
While in the north, we frequently see Wilson’s Storm Petrels; Northern Gannet; Greater, Manx & Sooty Shearwater; Northern Fulmar; and a variety of Gulls & Terns. As we travel southwards during the fall migration season, Wanderbird always picks up feathered 'hitch hikers' such as warblers, swallow, sparrow and even raptors! While in southern seas, we see Tropic Birds, Magnificent Frigate Birds, Boobies and a variety of Gulls and Terns. Karen invites you to come aboard and join in viewing & photographing birds and other wildlife!
Here are just a few of the birding photographs taken by Karen while cruising aboard Wanderbird. Enjoy...
They are much bigger 'in person': a smaller female loon. |
Karen releasing a loon who had grounded out in a nearby parking lot. |
Mating Dance - Northern Gannets |
2-am Storm Petrel patrol on deck while sailing 20 miles offshore. |
<-- (Storm petrels are attracted to the running lights of ships & cannot take off from land - so they must be gently placed back in the sea or tossed back into the air. We helped by proposing protocol for operating with only the necessary navigation lights while in sensitive seabird nesting areas at a shipping forum.) |
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Puffins and Razorbills |
Puffins during nesting season. |
Bald Eagle landing on beach. |
Common Tern in Flight |
Proud Male Eider Duck & Females |
Osprey leaving the nest. |
Say "cheese" - Cormorant |
Stowaway - Migrating Merlin Falcon rode aboard Wanderbird for 2 days while offshore. |
Hunting Hawk |
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Greater Shearwater- Image taken from Wanderbird's bow |
Northern Fulmar, Sedna's husband |
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 Merlin Falcon captures other Migrating Guests Aboard Wanderbird! |
 Photos taken from Wanderbirds aft deck! |
 Sooty Shearwater - photo taken while Whale Watching |
 A Nesting Friend in the Shipyard! |
 Migrating Guest Aboard Wanderbird - Yellow Warbler |
 Puffins! |
 Razorbills |
 Puffin tails! |
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 3rd Mate "Finchie" Sailing with us for 7 years! |
 Our Resident Macaw & Official "Taste Tester" |
