National Geographic Endurance anchored in Borgarfjordur Eystri to visit the town and area around Bakkagerdi. Hiking was on the to do list for quite a few and it turned out to be a celebratory day for a couple when a mountainous peak became the perfect spot for a proposal.
Whimbrels were calling and several flew by as the ‘natural history’ hikers made their way along the trail. Ultimately, the stars of the show were the puffins. At this point in the season the pufflings are starting to emerge from the burrows and stretch their wings. The puffin parents will soon stop feeding the pufflings and they will take flight in the next couple of weeks. Pufflings have sooty faces, beaks, and black feet as they emerge from the burrow. Everyone with a cell phone or larger camera went home with great photos from the day’s adventure!
