Snaefellsnes to West Fjords - June 19, 2009

I've been remiss in posting the bird species we've seen, but not only am I dealing with differences between the European and American names for the same species, I'm also having to converse with people using the species name in German, Icelandic and French... making it all very confusing!

Here's an attempt at listing species that we've seen:

Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, Whooper Swan, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Eider (Somateria mollissima), Harlequin Duck, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Oystercatcher (Haematopus astralegus), Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Common Snipe (Galinago galinago), Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Redshank, Turnstone, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Glaucous Gull, Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, Common Guillemot (Uria aalge), Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria Lomvia), Razorbill, Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Puffin, Meadow Pipit, White Wagtail, Wheatear, Redwing, Raven, Starling, Redpoll, Snow Bunting.

And here's Mom on the top deck of the car ferry "Baldur" as we sailed from Stykkisholmur on Snaefellsnes to Brjánslaeker in the West Fjords region.