On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Charles E. Vaughan wrote:

> I have a friend who frequently surfs the Long Beach area. He arrived back
> at work and told everyone that a "Penguin" was in the water with him. This
> became an instant office sensation with lampooning pictures posted etc.
> Some folks came and asked me, "the office bird weirdo", how a Penguin could
> have gotten here. I explained to everyone who asked that it was not a
> Penguin. "But he saw it!" was the usual reply. When the surfer himself
> arrived in my office I showed him a picture of a Common Murre and he agreed
> that that was the "Penguin" he had seen. Over a year later, however, the
> legend of the Penguin at Long Beach persists around the office.

Charles and all,

Laugh not dear friends! There is a record of Humbolt Penguin from the
coast of Washington,

"An ad. Humbolt Penguin Aug. 27 - Sept. 4 off Willoughby Rock, Grays
Harbor, Washington (S. Speich, S. Jeffries, P. Martin) must have been
ship-assisted." (American Birds 40:321)

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