Joyce and I did some birdwatching during the Maine portion of our 2010 summer vacation.

We stayed in Bar Harbor. Acadia National Park is right there, and we saw our first new birds there and at our hotel. We saw these Purple Finches in the park.

More Purple Finch photos here.

We saw Black Guillemots at the park and elsewhere during our stay.

More Black Guillemot photos here.

A Cedar Waxwing posed for pictures near Bubble Pond.

More Cedar Waxwing photos here at the bottom of the page.

We took a boat trip to Macchias Seal Island on June 25th. We saw some incredible birds there, including hundreds of Atlantic Puffins:

Lots more Atlantic Puffin photos here.

We also saw razorbills:

More Razorbill photos here.

Common Murres also nested on the island:

More Common Murre photos here.

There were also some breeding Common Eider ducks at the island:

More Common Eider photos here at the bottom of the page.

On June 26th, we went on a whale watching cruise. We saw no whales, but did see some Arctic Terns at Petit Manan Island:

More Arctic Tern photos here.

Out on the ocean, we saw a few groups of Greater Shearwaters: