Or the Tasker's Selferious Duck (decoy) adventure in the movie "Rare Bird"
(based in eastern Newfoundland and starring William Hurt & Molly Parker).
We certainly gave a boost to the local economy.
Bob Ekblad
Olmsted County in SE Minnesota
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This is beginning to sound a bit like Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch.
Bill Kahn
Fam. Mimic Birderidae, Homo sapiens sapiens var. Minneapolitan
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Mike:
1,200-1,500 miles away from the event the bird in your photographs could be
sleeping. As you probably saw more than what is in your pictures, you are
the best person to judge as to whether the bird was alive or dead when you
saw it.
Onward!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio TX
-Ori
Here is the link:
http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/2009/11/black-guillemot-photos.html
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
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Good Morning: Any idea or thoughts on why it died? Looked healthy in the
pictures taken saturday. Did any of the birders seeing it saturday think the
bird was hurting or ill? What does a bird like that eat? I believe its an
ocean bird so can it live on fresh water?
Robert Jessen
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I noticed a couple of interesting things when viewing the photos of the
Black Guillemot that were taken by Erik Bruhnke around 11:30 AM on the 8th.
First, they showed the birds eyes to be closed. When we viewed the bird
early in the morning on the 8th (around sunrise but with very adequate
light
Dear all Birders who saw the Black Guillemot this morning 11/8 that the Black
Guillemot was indeed dead during the whole time we observed it till it was
collected around 11:30am. The bird was in rigor mortis and that is the reason
the bill was parallel to the water surface and as we all indicat
Mike,
All I'm going to say is this. If the day ever comes, and it probably won't,
when birders get as excited over healthy native bird communities and their
associated habitats as they do chasing vagrant birds hundreds or thousands of
miles out of their normal geographic range, bird conservati
The only thing that I would add to this is that I did not make the decision to
collect the bird nor did I collect the bird. Ben Yokel's posting confirms that
to some extent. The decision was made before I arrived. I simply wanted to let
people know what had happened so they could act accordingl
The bird was in an upright position, still bobbing like a decoy when
Erik Bruhnke retrieved it from the water (dead and already stiff with
rigor mortis). One eye did appear to bevever so slightly open at the
time, but the bird was most definitely dead ;-)
Ben Yokel
Cotton, MN
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I got a chance to see the Black Guillemot this morning. Thanks to Mike for
covering the specifics on this bird. Attached are my photos from this
morning! This was my first guillemot I've ever seen, and the black, gray and
white markings were absolutely stunning!
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image
Hello:
What a wild Saturday evening and Sunday morning. I thought I share some time
line information for those that did not see the Black Guillemot and for those
that saw it this morning.
- I got a call from Kim Eckert about the sighting at 3:10pm or so and the bird
was seen right up to sunse
The bird has been declared dead & removed as of 11:30am Bob Williams
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9:45 AM, Saturday: Word from Taconite Harbor along the North Shore of
Lake Superior is that the Black Guillemot appears to be close to death.
Anthony Hertzel
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Mike Hendrickson called to report that as of 7:30 this morning (11/8),
the Black Guillemot was still present in the protected portion of the
safe harbor at Taconite Harbor. Anyone interested in seeing this
potential first state record should try to do so today.
Peder Svingen
Duluth, MN
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