Tiny, fast-flying least auklets are abundant on bouldery beaches on St. Paul Island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, off western Alaska.   I photographed most of these near the 'East Landing' as the arrived at their nests (in boulder piles along the beachfront) late in the evening.

• Canon 1D Mk. II, 500 mm IS lens + 1.4X or 2X converters, fill-in flash on most shots (2005)