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Alaska Penguin
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Alaska Penguin
- From: "Mike Tove" <mtove@deltaforce.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:37:21 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Greetings all.
Talk about an out of place bird.
A couple days ago, a fisherman in Alaska caught, alive, a Humbolt
Penguin!!!!
According to the report (on NPR) - an interview with an Alaska Fish and
game Biologist - it is speculated that the bird may have been an escape
from a ship - apparently the're kept as pets - of course, there's no
evidence either way. Since the species is unknown from any zoo in North
America, it either came off a ship or . . . Either way, imagine being
the one to see that out-of-place a bird. Now all I have to do is figure
out if I should include the species in my next book "Guide to the
Offshore Wildlife of the Northern Pacific."
Mike Tove