We came to Newfoundland in spring to see puffins, and see them we did.
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| unattached ones sitting on rocks |
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| attached ones protecting their single egg in a grassy burrow nest |
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| flying off to find food for the chicks |
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| can't lie - this photo is not mine |
Other wildlife was a bonus and what a great bonus! We saw 7 moose
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| most of our moose were seen on or by the road |
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| we can see you too |
4 caribou
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| one of these distant fellows had a large rack of antlers, but it's hard to see here |
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| this young guy (who looks like he is just coming into his coat) walked right past our car! |
5 beaver
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| eating freshly laid lawn |
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| someone likes to eat alone |
2 foxes (one red trotting along the highway with something mammalian in its mouth, and one arctic in mid-moult)
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| the arctic fox |
Our whale sightings were few, but we did see one humpback and a couple of minke, and I saw the spouts of fin whales in the distance as we crossed to Labrador on the ferry.
We saw toads
And about 3 millions birds
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| in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, with a few intrepid kayakers |
including gannets
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murres,
kittiwakes 
grouse
and my personal favourite, the white throated sparrow. The melodic song of this bird was heard on our first day in St. John's and followed us everywhere in the province.
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