The Thick-billed Murre is another northern-latitude alcid (penguin-like upright bird), which breeds on the cliffs of St. Paul Island, Alaska. It looks similar to the Common Murre (also found on St. Paul Island) but has a white stripe on its upper mandible and the white on its chest forms an inverted V pattern.
Photographed in June of this year.
Tufted Puffins share a moment.
Photographed on St. Paul Island, Alaska, in June of this year.
Another photo of a Tufted Puffin, photographed on St. Paul Island, Alaska, in June of this year.
The Parakeet Auklet breeds in the Bering Sea from Alaska to Siberia, and in the Aleutian Islands, though can be found as far south as California in the winter.
Here is one photographed last month on St. Paul Island, Alaska.
In North America the Red-faced Cormorant is found only in Alaska's shorelines, the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea.
It shares the white rump found on the Pelagic Cormorant, but its face pattern and coloration are distinctive.
This bird was photographed last month on St. Paul Island, Alaska.
A fledgling (note the yellow around the gape [area at base of bill]) Pacific Wren waits for food from its parents.
Photographed last month on St. Paul Island, Alaska.
A pair of Crested Auklets enjoys a tender moment on St. Paul Island, Alaska.
Crested Auklets are found only in the Aleutian Islands and other islands in and around the Bering Sea.
Photographed in late June of this year.
Another handsome male Lapland Longspur, in the dewy fields of St. Paul Island, Alaska. Photographed in late June of this year.
A Horned Puffin, showing the typical cliffside habitat puffins prefer. What the picture doesn't show is the sheer, 300 foot drop to the ocean below. As someone who does not like heights, obtaining pictures of puffins was not easy for me!
A male Long-tailed Duck, showing how it got its name.
The Long-tailed Duck breeds in Arctic tundra.
This duck was photographed on St. Paul Island, Alaska, in June of this year.
