Coastal Watch, Part 1

 

After months of absorbing summer sunlight the North Atlantic  Ocean is releasing its energy in weather and waves. The seasonal change brings diverse migrating birds to the Halibut Point shoreline.

White-winged scoters

 

Black scoters

 

Surf scoters

 

Juvenile Mute swans

 

Common loon

 

Female Red-breasted mergansers

 

Common eiders

 

Harlequin ducks

 

Sanderlings

 

Northern gannets