L'Ile Bonaventure

On Saturday, Ben and all his buddies from the field school took a boat out to Bonaventure Island, which sits out in the bay and is a provincial park. Jimmy Lee, who used to work both on the boat and for the park, had arranged the outing for us. It was very windy on the way there, so Ben and his mom rode most of the way on the lower deck, and Ben slept for a good part of the trip. From the boat, we could see our house and the pierced rock from many angles, and we also went on a tour all around the island, so we could see the far side, where thousands of birds nest in the bird sanctuary. The main bird type is the gannet (fou de bassan) but there were also puffins, which Andy thought were hilarious. He said they look like little flying penguins that shouldn't be able to fly.