Monday 28 April 2008

28th April 2008 At sea off east Hokkaido and Kuril Islands. NE7

Passed an impressive snow-covered volcano on one of the Kuril Islands.

Laysan Albatross 100
Fulmar 300
Short-tailed Shearwater 2,000
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 2 ex.
Pelagic Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 1
Pomarine Skua 2
Black-tailed Gull 5
Kamchatka Gull 1
Slaty-backed Gull 50
Kittiwake 15
Guillemot 2
Rhinoceros Auklet 1
Tufted Puffin 6 ex.
Dusky Thrush 1 on deck

Laysan Albatross off the Kurils








Pacific Fulmar off the Kurils



Dusky Thrush hitching a lift north on the MS Statendam off the Kurils