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Rhinos

            Spent a bunch of time watching rhinoceros auklets last week.  Rarely very close, hence the borderline quality of the pictures, but very fun to see.

Most pictures taken in the late afternoon, hence not always so much light, but some taken in the morning.

These are in Puget Sound.  At least some of the birds seem to be feeding their chicks on Protection Island (about 2 miles as the auklet flies from where I was watching them).  They dive repeatedly for the sand lances they eat, and then store them in their bill to bring back to the nest instead of eating them.  And since they only enter their nests under the cover of darkness, this behavior happens during the waning light.

In fact, I don't know if I would have noticed them if I hadn't been looking east near sunset and seen shiny silvery things.  Those are the sand lances that the auklets were diving for, and accumulating in their beaks.  

Also, if one sees just how much they struggle in any medium other than water (in the air they look they only just barely have retained the ability to fly), you can understand why they feel vulnerable and only want to enter the nest when no one can see!

Cerorhinca monocerata

Port Townsend, WA, USA

Taken in: United States / Washington / Port Townsend (show map)

Taken on: August 23, 2022

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Cerorhinca monocerata

Port Townsend, WA, USA

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Camera: Olympus E-M1MarkII, f/9.0, 1/640 sec, 600mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M1MarkII
Lens:	M.300mm F4.0 + MC-20
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	+0.3 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Version 3.5
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