Greg and I departed Homer at 0730 yesterday, and with a three hour layover in Anchorage, left for St. Paul at 1145. After a brief and windy stopover in Dillingham half way through the flight for fuel, we finally touched down on St. Paul just before 1600. My initial impressions of the island were: it's big, it's stark, and I'm going to have a lot of fun getting to know the place. We took a drive down to the southwest corner to check out some of the seabird cliffs we'll be monitoring, and within minutes saw a horned puffin, red-legged kittiwakes, red-faced cormorants, a thick-billed murre, rosy finches, and snow buntings. Birds I will soon become very familiar with, but for now are pretty incredible to see for the first time. Today, cleaning and organizing gear, and some more exploring of the island.
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, ISO-400 f/7.1 @ 1/250 sec.
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