This is the first I heard of it -- sounds legit. The original message
had a couple of photos attached. Noyes Island is off the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island.

Sharron

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> From: Tracy&Kim Rivera <ccfishc at gci.net>
> Date: Mon Jul 29, 2002 01:42:53 PM America/Anchorage
> To: Eaglechat at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: "Eaglechat at onelist.com" <Eaglechat at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Eaglechat] [Fwd: Penguin: small file sizes ...]
> Reply-To: Eaglechat at yahoogroups.com
>
> Some more info on this bizarre incident......the bird showed up in the
> water within a purse seine net off of Noyes Island on July 18; the bird
> was released alive; and I guess, the bird really didn't want to leave!
> fishermen reported the bird was reluctant to go off the boat; I
> contacted Dr. Dee Boersma, a seabird researcher at the University of
> Washington (she researches Magellanic penguins in South America); she
> confirmed the ID as a Humboldt's; she said it is not uncommon at all
> down there for fishermen to keep these birds onboard as pets; her
> hypotheses is that the bird 'caught a ride' on some vessel to this
> hemisphere and then was released; she said it would have no problem
> surviving in these waters (similar temperature, forage, etc); she was
> pretty emphatic that the bird did not get here on its own;
>
> one other possibility is a released bird from a zoo or aquarium; but
> most birds in collections are somehow tagged and there was no report of
> any tagging on this bird
>
> I asked Dee how she thought this bird would fare in the winter; she
> said the only thing it might face is shortage of daylength, it's a
> diurnal forager and might not have enough daylight to forage....so she
> thought it might migrate, swim south.....
>
> very interesting!!!
>
> Listen on the radio for a story; Kim Titus got the report from a
> Ketchikan reporter; I referred Dee to call the reporter, which she did,
> and gave an extensive interview....so we might hear it on KTOO
> sometime???? the reporter is with KRBD, the Ketchikan station
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Zimmerman <stevezimmerman at gci.net>
> Date: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:20 pm
> Subject: [Eaglechat] [Fwd: Penguin: small file sizes ...]
>
>> Hi, folks. Attached is a real mind-bender. The two files show an
>> apparent Humboldt Penguin that was caught in a fishing net off Noyes
>> Island. The pictures were sent to Kim Titus at ADF&G who called
>> me and
>> then forwarded the file. I don't know when the bird was caught--Kim
>> thought within the past couple of days. I believe the bird was
>> released
>> alive but details (assuming this is not a hoax) are sketchy at this
>> time. Steve Zimmerman
>>
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Sharron Huffman
HERRING COVE ORIGINALS STUDIO & GALLERY
Ketchikan, Alaska
http://www.sharronhuffman.com
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