Pigeon Guillemot ~ new bird for me...

 

Photos by Dave Kemp

Pigeon Guillemot

(Cepphus columba)

My Vancouver Island friend Dave Kemp has passed along some photos of a juvenile Pigeon Guillemot taken on the east coast of Vancouver Island.   This is a new bird for me.   It is about the size of a crow with a long, black bill; fairly long, slender neck and swims with its head held high.   The breeding adult is black overall, usually with a white upperwing patch marked by a black triangle.   It is found on the western coast of North America, between Mexico and Alaska.  Thanks for passing along the above photos, Dave.

Breeding Male

Photo by Paul Kusmin/Audubon Photography Awards

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BarrytheBirder