A Harlequin Duck stretches its wings on the rocks of Bonaventure Island. Image made hand-held from the early morning Zodiac boat trip around the island.

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KUDOS

Many thanks to Chris for a wonderful and exciting photography experience. Your professionalism, talent, patience and knowledge helped to make the Gannets Galore photo trip an experience of a lifetime. The hundreds of thousands of Northern Gannets on Bonaventure Island were unbelievable. I took thousands of photographs of Northern Gannets in their everyday activities. They were elegant, comical, clumsy, arguing, fishing, sleeping, working, copulating, preening and fencing. It was nonstop and exhilarating. Now, I get to my favourite part - the Zodiac tour around Bonaventure Island. It’s 5:00 am and we start the 4-hour trip to see dozens of species of birds and seals as well as a couple of Minke whales. The 4 hours seemed to pass like minutes. The Harlequin ducks and Black Guillemots were among my favourites and a real treat to observe and photograph.

- Gordie Kadonoff Hampstead | Quebec | Canada