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Alca torda
17" Chunky, big head & thick bill.
Winters in Newfouldland and as far south as North Carolina...except for this year ....hundreds have been sighted in FL
Since it's first sighting on Project Noah they have been seen not only on the Atlantic coast of FL but in the Gulf of Mexico.
Spotted on Dec 20, 2012
Submitted on Dec 20, 2012
8 Comments
Michael,
Sorry, I retired at the end of last year...I'll have to take down the link to the website!
Hi. Tried to email you on your teacher site but the site doesnt work and thought you'd want to know but really didnt have a way to contact you other than here.
I'm not sure if it is a good thing that we are seeing these birds...I do hope they survive...they are eating bait fish when sighted here on the west coast of FL.
Thanks Michael.
Nice photos and vid. I have only seen the one back a few weeks ago and a couple individuals. I have been told that there were "literally" a thousand at the Boynton Beach Inlet in groups of 20-30. Fishing and "tromping around" the rocks. Another birder went on a drift fishing excursion to check the areas furhter out and said there were tens of thousands there, about a mile off the shore in the gulfstream flow. My observation was that they were catching bait fish. Who knows for sure but Hurricane Sandy seems to have changed the baitfish schools and increased the amounts here. Maybe that the reason. Mick
By the way Alice...I took the family to Casperson Beach for Shark's Teeth hunting today, set up my scope and sighted over a dozen without even trying!
Thanks Satyen..
Alice, there are many ideas: the storm Sandy might have displaced them, following the food, etc. We are really enjoying them here in FL!
Interesting, I wonder why they have come so far South? Cold winters?
Amazing series and video as always!