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That was no penguin, that was a thick-billed murre

By adamg on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 4:47pm

Nichole Davis gets the scoop: The be-tuxed bird spotted moving around the harbor wasn't a penguin but a thick-billed murre, a black-and-white Arctic bird that is not completely unheard of in these parts in the winter. So it also wasn't a heron.

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By MisterMagooForYou on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 5:09pm.

Magoo is hungry hungry hippos and Magoo is going to go all native-magoo and hunt magoo a cute wittle birdie for Magoo to de-feather, skin, and put on a bar-bee-q for 7.5 minutes and then Magoo will put wittle birdie into Magoo’s belly for some yum yum in Magoo’s tum tum. Magoo.

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By anon on Tue, 01/23/2024 - 6:43am.

Here's a plea for a Magoo free 2024.

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By Rob on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 5:17pm.

Just remember that Opus is more of a puffin than a penguin!

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By Jeff Sullivan on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 5:25pm.

ditto.

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By Angry Dan on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 6:17pm.

Was it pining for the fjords?

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By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 7:23pm.

It didn't have "Property of the Zoo" stamped on it.

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By KellyJMF on Wed, 01/24/2024 - 2:38pm.

For those like me who want to see closer examples of the species:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Thick-billed_Murre/id#

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