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Aethia pygmaea
The cute Whiskered Auklet is a tiny seabird in the Alcid family (puffins, guillemots etc). It is one of the more range restricted species in the family but can occur in massive numbers as we experienced at Yankicha Island, a volcanic caldera making up part of the Kurils Islands of the Russian Far East.
Spotted on Jun 4, 2012
Submitted on Jun 10, 2012
27 Comments (1–25)
Beautiful It looks as though it were taken from a kayak or low, eye-level boat of some sort!
wonderful series - congratulations!
Incredible shots! I'm very jealous.
Congratulations Adam. Superb shots.
Congrats on your SOTD award. a very unusual bird, thanks so much for sharing it with all of us.
Lovely shot!
scary lookin motha! congrats man!
Stunning series, great job!!
Good Job Riley!
Congrats Adam! A really great series! Love the photo of all of them together.
Congratulations! What a great spotting. Were you leading a tour at that location?
Sick spotting and spotting of the day! Well deserved! Congrats!
What a bird!! This is the first time I hear about it. Very cool!!
Congratulations!
Very Decorative Bird, wonderful spotting!
Congratulations Adam !!!
Congratulations Adam Riley. Nice series
Beautiful. Congrats.
Beautiful!!
Congrats Adam, this beautiful bird was chosen as spotting of the day!
For today's spotting of the day, head to a chain of islands in Russia, to check out this beautiful Whiskered Auklet.
"The cute Whiskered Auklet is a tiny seabird in the Alcid family (puffins, guillemots etc). It is one of the more range restricted species in the family but can occur in massive numbers as experienced at Yankicha Island, a volcanic caldera making up part of the Kurils Islands of the Russian Far East."
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Nice one, Adam! Congratulations on Spotting of the Day!
Cool!!
Thanks for the great comments - they really are cute birds! Both sexes have these incredible head plumes.
Beautiful bird and photo!
Beautiful bird and pictures; the white stripes of feathers is both impressive and delightful and seems to be quite unique...Do both female and males have it? Greetings