Port Rexton and a Moose – June 2024

Port Rexton was a second stop on our Newfoundland Trip. We stayed at a lovely Inn overlooking a cove.




The front lawn of the Inn had a labyrinth and large moose sculpture.





Across the road on the hill was a driftwood sculpture – dog or coyote?


This photo was taken in the evening as the sun was setting and the colors broke through the clouds and illuminated the island for a few minutes.


Light on the Horizon

I got a chance to photograph the horizon across the ocean from the Long Point Light House in Twillingate, NL. The first time was at 6:00 pm. The sun was still fairly high in the sky behind me but thick clouds were coming in giving this light and dark affect to the pictures. The second time was 9:30 pm on the same day, sun setting (9:16 pm), there was some clearing of the sky with a scattering of rain clouds in the distance. This was June 10, ten days before the summer solstice.

6:30 pm

Horizon after 9:30 pm

The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve and Puffin Colonies

The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve – Newfoundland, Canada

Thousands of birds from the colonies flying above the islands

Common Murre Colony of the Ecological Reserve

This is only a small portion of the larger picture of the hundreds of thousands of Common Murre on the island.

There are several Gull colonies in the Ecological Reserves.

The Puffin Colony of Witless Bay Wildlife Preserve

Approximately 260,000 pairs of Puffins nest annually in late spring and summer. After nesting season is done they depart for open waters until next nesting season.

Puffin Colony at the Elliston Viewing Area

There are several other smaller Puffin Colonies on Newfoundland. The best viewing area is the Elliston Viewing Area near Bonavista, NL.

Twillingate Boat Trip

This was to be the ultimate boat trip – finally get to see a Greenland Ice Berg. But no. There were no icebergs this year. The few that broke off from the Greenland glaciers were few and drifted out to sea instead of hugging the coastline like so many have done for centuries. My dream of seeing and photographing an iceberg was put on hold, yet again. Here are the sites from from a boat trip in the harbor. We didn’t even get to see a whale. Sigh.