Birds, Birds, Everywhere…

Thousands of voices come from every direction, hundreds of splashes of guano streak the rocks around your feet, tens of beaks peck and attack the crown of your head.

Best thing to do while trying to walk through a large tern and laughing gull colony on Eastern Egg Rock?

Keep your eyes down, and get creative with the head gear. Since the birds try to attack the highest point of whatever animal is intruding, a whole new branch of fashion has opened up on the Project Puffin seabird islands.

Ranging from popsicle stick cereal box creations to gangly and gaudy lobster hats, the seabird biologists have learned that going out without head covering can lead quickly to a bloodied crown.

Photo Courtesy of Stella Walsh