The Cassin's auklet usually nest in dense colonies in rock crevices and in burrows they dig in rocky compacted soil or they may excavate burrows for nesting in soft soils under vegetation, stumps, or fallen logs on seaward slopes of coastal sites. (nps.gov)
The sampling locations ranged from the innermost area of the fjord just seaward from the modern ice shelf to locations farther out to sea that the shelf would have covered 2 millennia ago. (eos.org)
On the southern, seaward edge of Killary Harbour, she lives and works slap - bang in the middle of a view. (kerlingallery.com)