Svalbard Arctic skuas and snow bunting

Spitsbergen, 6 June 2013. Apart from the Arctic terns mentioned in an earlier blog post, there were Arctic skuas west of Longyearbyen town as well.

A skua couple sat down among the rocks.

They did not have a real quiet time there, as Arctic terns tried to drive them away.

Sometimes, we looked at the mountains across Isfjorden.

Then, we continued, from the coast to the mountain face near Bjørndalen valley.

A male snow bunting sat there on a lichen-covered rock.

And there were little auks. Many little auks. They have to wait till a later blog post.

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