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Posted by Bill Pranty on 15:51:06 12/18/12
In Reply to: Re: razorbill report 12/17/12 and request posted by Brian Rapoza
Not to be overly pessimistic, but I suspect that most of the Razorbills found in Florida are going to starve here. Already many dead birds have been found and many others have been observed rolling in the surf.
The birds in Florida -- especially the ones in the Gulf of Mexico -- have flown at least 700 miles farther than they normally fly during winter, and so they're probably already severely stressed by the time they finally stop flying.
And today there are reports of Razorbills just east of the Alabama line.
Bill Pranty
Bayonet Point, Florida
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