Dense rafts of Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) mark the strong tidal rips that swirl around the Baby Islands
Voyage through the Aleutians - Part 2
Dense rafts of Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) mark the strong tidal rips that swirl around the Baby Islands
in the Umnak Channel. Huge numbers of alcids and Short-tailed Shearwaters
are attracted to these turbulent waters. Photograph copyright of Angus
Wilson©.
Steaming away from the Baby Islands,
we passed through immense rafts of alcids composed mostly of the smaller
species as well as big numbers of
Red Phalaropes
. Although many
of the auklets were unidentifiable in the heavily overcast conditions,
it appeared that the majority were probably
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