[Maine-birds] Interested in reports of Razorbill chick/parent pairs

Hi, all --

I've recently been involved in some coastal oceanographic surveys in the Gulf of Maine (see http://gomces.wordpress.com/ for an informal account of our work). We were surprised to find a Razorbill dad hanging out with his young chick in Blue Hill Bay. Given that the chick must have left the nest recently and was clearly not yet capable of flight, we suspect that there may be a colony in the area, but one that is currently unknown to the seabird research community (confirmed by Linda Welch of FWS).

I'd be curious to hear of any other Razorbill chick sightings, in this area or elsewhere. Most of the chicks are departing the colonies around now, so this is the time to pin down locations of potentially unknown colonies.

Thanks for any sighting information anyone can provide!

Aly McKnight

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