[obol] Alcids blown off course...

[Lars and Gail Norgren]

      The Midwest is liberally dotted with
wrecked Alcids, including the Long-billed
Murrelet, the FAR EASTERN analogue of our
Marbled Murrelet. For those of you familiar
with The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls
Wilder, *The Long Winter* documents a diminutive
alcid that Pa Ingalls rescued from their haystack
at the onset of the first blizzard, probably in
late October. When the storm cleared they set
the live bird onto the as yet unfrozen waters
of Silver Lake and it flew off to an unknown fate.
DeSmet, South Dakota is not far from the Minnesota
state line.      Lars Norgren
On Dec 18, 2006, at 6:21 AM, Conservation For The Oregon Coast wrote:

> Good morning all....
>
> My father visited this weekend, we are moving and could use all the 
> help we could get. He brought a dead Common Murre out to our new place 
> in the Charleston area. He explained that he found it on a road near 
> his home in Olalla (in between Camas Valley and Winston off of highway 
> 42). This got me to wondering how far inland is the normal for finding 
> birds blown off the coast? Has anyone else found these type of sea 
> birds this far inland (or even further)?
>
> Thanks everyone, have a great day....
>
> Jason in Charleston (aka Jason in Lakeside)
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