Great show on Seal I NWR trip, but the star was missing

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Charles Duncan

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Jul 29, 2019, 10:05:29 AM7/29/19

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Laura Blutstein and I took the Isle au Haut Ferry's Puffin Cruise to Seal I yesterday, leaving at 1:00 pm from Stonington. We had a great day on the water with hundreds of plunge-diving N. Gannets (mostly 1st summer, but a few older birds as well), lots of both Arctic and C. Terns including fledglings; DC and Gt Cormorants; many guillemots, Razorbills and Atlantic Puffins, plus a single Common Murre; and a single Gr. Shearwater, this last seen only poorly. But, the hoped-for Red-billed Tropicbird was nowhere to be seen. eBird list will be uploaded when we resolve an internet issue.