About thirty
minutes south of St John's Newfoundland is the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. This area consists of four
islands and the surrounding waters.
North America's largest population of the provinces official bird, the
Atlantic Puffin can be seen here. There
are over a quarter of a million of then nesting here. Luckily for us, our visit occurs during the
nesting season. There is large
populations of other birds here as well including the black-legged kittiwakes and common murres . We enjoyed viewing them from our tour boat along with sightings of whales
and dolphins.
Our trip was a
bit cold and windy, but the crew provided what could be considered the official
drink of Newfoundland-Screech. This is a
Caribbean rum. We were provided with several different version of how it became
to be called Screech, but it certainly is big here and can be found in every authorized
outlet in the province. It is a great
way to stay warm on the water.
On our return
journey, we stopped at the small fishing village of Petty Harbour. An active
fishing village with just a small nod to tourism.
6 comments:
Lovely photos and so nice to see the Puffins! :)
Oh how cool to see the whales and dolphins. Are those puffins? They are adorable!
Screech...now that is quite a name for a rum.
Petty Harbour looks so pretty. The photo with y'all sitting in the decorative chairs is a hoot.
Love the chairs. Someday I really do hope to be able to see whales. Someday. In the meantime I get to enjoy your pictures. How fun.
I especially enjoyed the photo of the jam packed nesting murres.
Caribbean Rum as the Newfoundland drink? That sounds wrong in so many ways... :cD
We really loved being at Witless Bay in 2010 ... we spent three days camped at Celtic Rendezvous RV Park, and enjoyed our bird-watching. So much fun being there (even if it's a bit chilly, right?). We spotted spouting whales, too. Sounds like you guys are having a great time.
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