Alaska's Inside Passage, Day 6 - 05 Jul 2007

Prince Rupert – 05 Jul 2007

1530 Hrs. Cruising into Prince Rupert, CA I scoped the far shoreline and made out the following: (3) Whiskered Auklets, another hummingbird (Rufous?), Pigeon Guillemottes, and Marbled Murrelets.

1600 Hrs. Rainforest Walk. Just before boarding the tour bus to our destination a Bald Eagle soared lazily over our heads, giving me a chance for a couple quick pics. 

I have to feel bad for a particular couple from the ship who’d obviously were no longer having fun on this trip. After listening to them argue non-stop while leaving the ship, their son got sick on the bus, and the rest of us had to hold our breaths for the next 10 minutes while the bus takes us to our destination. 

At the trailhead to an unknown rainforest, I could make out the singing of Warbling Vireos, Varied Thrush, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Winter Wren, Wood and Swainson’s Thrush, Wilson’s Warbler and more Bald Eagles. 

The thick Western Red Cedar forest grows some of the largest Skunk Cabbage I’ve ever seen. 

An opening in the woods leads to a small bog where Sitka Spruce several hundred years old grows only a few feet tall. Bog Laurel, Honeydew plants, and other bog species off the trail, but we don’t stop to explore. Unfortunately my guides do not know bird calls, so I fail to add any possibly new westerns species. Back to the ship, we drive through town and see folks at a café sitting and watching a Bald Eagle nest directly across the street.

Port of Prince Rupert, AK, Skeena-Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, CA
Jul 5, 2007 3:30 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments:     NCL Cruise. incidental sightings.
10 species

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)  1
Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)  3
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)  2
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)  2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  2
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  2
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)  1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  1
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)  1

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