On the bird rock, there were nesting black-legged kittiwakes, fulmars and shags. On the water, we saw the guillemots and the eiders which were all over Iceland. There was also a seal tossed in to the mix. The kittiwakes were very noisy; it seems that they squawk every time they flew back to the nest and there were often corresponding sounds from the mate.
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| The Puffin - can it get any cuter! |
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| Having fun in the water! |
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| Getting ready to fly |
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| Black-legged kittiwakes flying back to the nest |
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| Kittiwakes talking to each other |
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| The tube-nosed fullmar looked like a kittiwake from afar. It is interesting that the tube-nose actually helped the fullmar remove salt from their system since as a seabird, it imbibes a lot of salt water. |
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| Fullmar lounging in a nice garden |
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| This one is trying to wake up the lady |
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| Fullmars flew very close to the water |
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| The shags look very similar to cormorants only smaller. Its feathers have a green tinge and it is sometimes called the green cormorant. |
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| Shag nesting on the bird cliff |
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| Street scene - shags and eider watching the puffin |
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| Pair of eiders - the female and male looked completely different |
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| Eider male in flight |
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| Black-backed gull - I saw this guy high up on a cliff and thought it was a puffin. Good thing it didn't take long for the real puffin to show up. |
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| A Black guillemot walking on water (getting ready to take off) |
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| The one seal we saw |
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| Bird condo |
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