Machias Seal Island–People, Birds and Seals

As I have been continuing to my photographs I came across additional ones for Machias Seal Island that I thought would be interesting to the readers of my blog.

Here is a map of the Bay of Fundy showing the location of Machias Seal Island.
A group photograph along with photographs of the group on the boat and listening to Capt. Andy tell us about the safety features and what to expect when we reach the island.

Puffin on the Boardwalk

Spotted Sandpiper

While were on the island, besides the Alcids that were present they were Savannah Sparrows and a Spotted Sandpiper.

Common Murre Flying with Fish in Mouth

I was also able to capture a  Common Murre  flying with a fish in its mouth





After we left the islands and before returning back to Cutler we went and visited the small island where the harbor and gray seals hang out.

Gray Seal

Harbor Seals

Gray Seal

Gray seal with Harbor Seals behind

The Way you can tell the difference between harbor seals and gray seals by the head silhouettes. The harbor seals head silhouette is very rounded with a very shot dog-like snout and the four head slopes into the snout in a concave curve. The gray seals head has a heavy, open quote hot-like" snout and a convex fore head profile. Also the gray seal has a very broad nose. If you examine the pictures the differences are noticeable.