Ken, Judy and Neil:

Steve and I were thrilled to be a part of the outstanding day trip out of Seward June 3 with “Chamber of Commerce weather”.

I managed to add a few birds to my list and happy to see a couple of my photos come out as recognizable.

- Rob Norton

The pelagic trip, as usual was wonderful! Our day list included Bald Eagles, Black-legged and Red-legged Kittiwakes, Common and Thick-billed Murres, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Double- crested and Pelagic Cormorants, Pigeon Guillemot, Buller's Shearwater, Fork-tailed Storm-petrels, and a variety of gulls. As well, we saw Humpback Whales, Orcas, Mountain Goats and Stellar's Sea Lions!

- Tina and Duncan MacDonald ~ Read more about Tina and Duncan's trip

Our guides were the Marlow family, who own lodges in the town of Seward and Soldotna, along the Kenai River. Seward lies on Kenai Fjords National Park, and we were treated to two pelagic birding trip aboard Ken Marlow's boat, the Shearwater. He is an expert at finding the birds of the Fjord, especially Alcids, and we weren't disappointed. Lifers were SOOTY SHEARWATER, SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER, PELAGIC and RED-FACED CORMORANT, BLACK OYSTERCATCHER, THICK-BILLED and COMMON MURRE, PIGEON GUILLEMOT, MARBLED and KITTLITZ's MURRELET, PARAKEET and RHINOCEROS AUKLET, HORNED and TUFTED PUFFIN.

- BIll Fiero ~ Read more about Bill's trip