Migrant-filled Lighthouse

by The Birdfreak Team on March 9, 2008

in Bird Fun

While thumbing through the April issue of Birder’s World, we came across perhaps the coolest article ever published.

Ralph Eldridge, a year-round lighthouse keeper near the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, has been witnessing incredible migrant activity on a little treeless island. The island is more famously known for Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, and tern colonies, but during migration it becomes a vital stop in inclement weather for songbirds.

Eldridge’s photos capture the amazing sights of many species together in one place. Have you ever seen an Ovenbird and a Spotted Sandpiper side-by-side?

Check out Ralph Eldridge’s migrant collection !!!

    

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 steve March 9, 2008 at 1:26 pm

that is so cool must just be a natural small island to take a breather as I would not have thought the food source would be that great

steve

2 mon@rch March 9, 2008 at 8:20 pm

Will have to check out that site and thanks for sharing this article with us!

3 islandrambles March 9, 2008 at 10:21 pm

I looked at all the pictures on the website and it is amazing…incredible!! Thanks so much for this posting. I am on the other coast of Canada and I wonder if our lighthouses get as much action!!!

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