Crested Auklet. St. Paul Island, Alaska.

Crested Auklet is an abundant breeding species that can be found on St. Paul Island easily from May-August. The earliest arrivals on the island are typically noted in mid-late April and are present in numbers by May, with peak numbers occurring in June and July. The estimated breeding population in the Pribilofs is 10,000-20,000 pairs on St. George Island, 2,500-5,000 nesting pairs on St. Paul Island, and smaller numbers in the tens or hundreds on Otter and Walrus Islands.
Crested auklets are known for their forehead crests, which is made of black forward-curving feathers. These forehead crests are highly variable, and can have between two and twenty three narrow forward curving feathers.

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