Taken at Lonsdale Quay. Boy I love how noisy they are and of course their red feet and mouths. This bird is in pre-alternate moult. Pigeon Guillemots are endemic to the Pacific West Coast only.

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This Black Guillemot was in a cool looking moulting plumage. It was really cool to see this guy on the Pacific Coast and so close to shore.

Photographed at Norton Sound in the Bering Sea.

Tags:   transitional plumage record shot Bering Sea Black Guillemot rare Norton Sound Nome AK Alaska US USA Alcid Cepphus grylle moult moulting mottled plumage Bering Sea

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The difference between Black and Pigeon Guillemot is minimal but Black have gray underwings and have more white in the wing. Pigeons have a black wedge in the white part of their wing.
These Black Guillemots were so cute as they huddled in pairs and did loving courtship displays at all the seabird colonies I saw them at from Witless Bay to Bonavista to Cape St. Mary's.

Tags:   Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Elliston NFLD Guillemot

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Peering from the rocks of Bird Island a large Puffin and Seabird Colony. Will be sharing shots of the adorable puffins soon.

Tags:   Black Guillemot Elliston Newfoundland Bird Island NFLD Guillemot Cepphus grylle

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