The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog

The aim of this blog is to promote birding activity in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Little Gull at Mobile

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The first day out birding after 35 days at sea on a seismic vessel working off Newfoundland started with a bang in the form of a LITTLE GUL...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

A Vagrant Black Guillemot in Newfoundland !? - An ID Quirk.

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For the last three weeks I've been on a seismic ship working off Newfoundland in the Orphan Basin and area. Only 13 July I was very sur...
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Monday, 9 June 2014

Eurasian Whimbrel - A Jinx Broken

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My first Newfoundland Eurasian Whimbrel was one in late May 1980 flying out to an island in L'Anse-aux-Meadows harbour.  I could see it...
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Spectacularly Bad Pixs: N. Gannet & Herring Gull

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Since the days of slide photography I've imposed a ban on taking scenery shots to cut down on the cost of film. In the digital era the ...
Sunday, 25 May 2014

THAT LOON !! - Gavia pacifica

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On 18 May 2014 Alvan Buckley with crew Lancy Cheng, Alison Mews and Ed Hayden discovered a PACIFIC LOON off the beach at St. Vincents on t...
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Last Photos of Icelandic Birds

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I am off to jail within 24 hours. My annual summer sentence to the oil & gas industry vessels in the offshore regions of eastern Newfou...
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Sunday, 11 May 2014

Sunday was Spring

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Friday night into Saturday saw the first SW winds in Newfoundland for the entire spring it seems.  After two weeks of NE winds holding back...
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