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June 14, 2008 Broutona Island / Chirpoy Island / Brat Chirpoy, Kuril Islands, Russia
We took several Zodiac excursions today, visiting a series of small islands punctuated with caves and coves and populated with profuse wildlife and birds. Western Broutona is home to vast colonies of northern fulmars nearly a million nest here black-legged kitti-wakes, puffins, cormorants, and guillemots. After lunch Chirpoy offered hiking against a backdrop of three smoking volcanoes which were fogged in. Joan followed the birders while I linked up with the botanist. We had another bird anatomy lesson then returned along the seashore containing much flotsam & jetsam. In the evening we visited Brat Chirpoy which contains a Stellers sea lion rookery. The sound was eerie as we approached, |
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