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Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) video
Huge flocks flying synchronously before going to roost at the colonies. It was 23:30h, but given the latitude it was still dusk.
- Recorded 26 June 2009
- Added to IBC 3 years 35 weeks ago
- Josep del Hoyo
- Location Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species).
- Duration 1 min 4 sec
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The Russian ornithologists working at the Talan Island Research Station said there were some 200,000 individuals flying, about half of the total population, since a member of each pair was already incubating.