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Birding Iceland on the Fly

10,000 Birds

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. The hotel owner told us that visiting them in the evening had the best showing of puffins as they returned to the cliffs from the sea. A great meal but I was eager to get to the bird cliffs.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased.

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