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| A few warblers resting on the railing at the back (aft) of the ship on Deck 17. |
On May 18th took a 8-day cruise from Alaska to Seattle. Sometimes insomnia has its benefits, especially at 2am during spring migration! The first 3 nights of the cruise, while we were in the inside passage, the ships lights illuminated thousands of migrating birds. Sadly, the first of the three days it was stormy and the poor birds were forced to interrupt their migration to rest (this is called “fall-out” in the birding world).
Here is an 18 second video showing a few of the birds flying chaotically around the sport court on Deck 17. They are NOT getting caught in the netting, they are using the netting to rest.
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| Townsend’s Warbler |
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| Yellow Warblers |
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| Orange-crowned Warblers |
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