Grand Manan: August 2004
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   On a weekend sandwiched between Hurricanes Bonnie and Charlie, 16 intrepid nature-lovers probed the cliffs, beaches, and marshes of Grand Manan island through rain, fog, and brilliant sun. An abnormal number of pilot, humpback, and finback whales were seen from land on this trip and an uncountable number of white-sided dolphins and harbor porpoises turned up on the ferry ride. An ocean smooth as glass provided thousands of greater shearwaters, a few sooty shearwaters, close-by flocks of razorbills and common murres, Wilson's storm-petrels, perhaps a couple Leach's storm-petrels, and at least one northern gannet.

Grand Manan V Ferry	Black's Harbor Lighthouse	Ingall's Head fishing boats	Fog creeps along the coast	Warblers in Anchorage
Beachside in Anchorage	Shorebirding at Castalia Marsh	Castalia Observation Platform	Janet Ordway at Castalia	Swallowtail Head
Judy Markowsky, Charlotte Holbrook, Donna Perkins on Swallowtail	Abby & Janet Ordway on Swallowtail	John Gregorty & Carol Howell on Swallowtail	Katherine Spedden at Ashburton Head watching whales	Bill Phillips at Ashburton Head
The dories of Dark Harbor	Mixed Marriage: mallard & black duck at Seal Cove	Jessica Jenner catches a few winks on the ferry	Sandi & Bob Duchesne	Group photo

Trip List: Common Loon, Greater Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Common Eider, Red-breasted Merganser, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Ruffed Grouse, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Common Murre, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow