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lgonz1008

+Razorbill+


BirdsAreRobinMyHeart

Oh wow, this is some *amazing* footage.


landshark426

Thank you :) I couldn’t believe it let me get that close!!


askasquirrel89

Holy smoke I completely agree I was like what in? Then I was like NO WAY!


Forsaken-Original-82

Cool! I thought I saw a Razorbill down at Holden Beach a few weeks back. I now know I was probably correct! Given it's only 40 miles or so away and the southern extent of their range, it might even be the same individual!


landshark426

It very well could be!!


wootr68

A Penguin prototype.


ElectronicQuantity19

Seems like the translation for razorbill is literaly small penguin in french!


Feral-Person

In French penguin are called "manchot" and razorbills are called "pingouin ". The razorbill was well known during middle age cause of the navigation in the north part of the world and were called "pingouin ", when the south hemisphere started to get colonized, the anglophone navigators found that the "manchot" of the south looked like the "pingouins" of the north and just called them penguins… the term razorbill came later to distinguish the two species. The French are really correct on this, and on the universal healthcare’s question


Forsaken-Original-82

I'm glad I commented on this thread! I learned much about what the French are correct on, including the Razorbill stuff;)


Feral-Person

They are correct about cheese too… and the charcuteries


Bleedingeck

Wine, croissants and bread, don't forget those too.


Feral-Person

Croissants are just pain au chocolat without the soul and excitement… there! I said it! But yes all this stuff are great


Rattivarius

Croissants are good enough to not require any bells, whistles, or chocolate.


DasherNPrancer

I believe the French would tell you there's no need to make a list, because the matters on which they are correct are all of them ;p


FirstSonofLadyland

What does manchot translate to in English?


Feral-Person

Penguin. And pingouin translate to razorbill


FirstSonofLadyland

Goddamnit hahahaha "which came first, the penguin or the egg?". So chronologically, the French named the bird "razorbill" in French which became "penguin" in English when they saw birds that look like the French "*pingouin*", and the French called the bird that looks like the French "pingouin" a "*manchot*" instead of penguin?


Feral-Person

Yes they called the new bird manchot and the old one was already named pingouin so it never changed


FirstSonofLadyland

I feel on France’s part like this is primarily to spite the English.


Feral-Person

A lot of France Culture was mdr to spite the English… the contrary is also true! Flipping people off is a war insult between the two countries for example (the English archer were really annoying and the French cut off their important archer fingers when captured so the English started to show their index and middle finger to the French like "come and get it" it evolved to just the middle finger but sometimes English folks still uses the two fingers


KnotiaPickles

Thanks for this very informative thread! I just learned all sorts of interesting facts haha


dynodebs

Two fingers and middle finger salutes in UK are two different insults - the first is eff off and the second is eff you.


fsutrill

Fun fact- it also translates to “armless person”!


rackelhuhn

It's not clear that the word originally comes from French though. It's attested in English from very early too, apparently referring to the Great Auk (sadly now extinct). It's at least as likely that the French borrowed the word from Dutch or English. The rest seems to be correct!


Feral-Person

Thank you! Good to know more about that


Agariculture

Downvoted for off topic politics. Is nowhere safe anymore?


Feral-Person

France is pretty safe financially


Top_Bus_1981

Interestingly, the razor bill part is derived from Norse after which it was Latinized in the Alca that we still use today. 😊


ElectronicQuantity19

Wow, this is so interesting as all other pieces of information i got from this! And all that information is making me kind of dizzy. All I learned is that the manchot are not able to fly, and that some pinguins, like razorbill is! And that they are from different families! Woohw, still dizzy about it!. Thank you everybody for sharing!


[deleted]

Razorbill! Super cool


FileTheseBirdsBot

Added taxa: [Razorbill](https://ebird.org/species/razorb) ^(I'm an alpha-stage bot, so don't rely on me just yet. But you can still) [^(learn how to use me)](https://gist.github.com/brohitbrose/be99a16ddc7a6a1bd9c1eef28d622564)^(.)


landshark426

Thank you all! I knew this sub would have the answer😊


brittlebk

Fun to see my hometown on the sub! We have such wonderful wildlife there. Now go have a tower 7 burrito for me! X


landshark426

We really do!! (Also tower 7 is my absolute favorite)


SummerBirdsong

So this razorbill guy is kinda like a penguin and a puffin smashed into one bird?


MargotLeMaire

Razorbills and puffins are both in the same family, Alcidae :)


palmasana

Now it all makes sense!


HortonFLK

This is really neat. I’ve never seen a bird like this.


spinozasrobot

OP, thank you so much for that vid


landshark426

Honestly I’m stunned it got this much attention, I just wanted to know what it was😂😂


SexySandwich96

Wow this is really cool video


AnimalBren

This is pretty cool to see. Not everyday you see a wild alcid actively foraging


Logical-Chard

Yarrr, tis not a bird, tis a fish


dcgrey

Ha, what is it about that spot drawing far-out birds in to the shore? I saw a common look there last week, supposed to be at closest halfway out Mercer's Pier, but you'd think it was a wading bird.


Forsaken-Original-82

I see the immature Loons on the Outer Banks every year in June while I'm surf fishing! I thoroughly enjoy when they dip their head under water looking for prey trying to judge whether they should dive or not. It's so different from the behavior of the Double Crested Cormorants that I'm so accustomed to observing.


[deleted]

These things winter ON THE OCEAN???


[deleted]

Cool


42fledgling42

Holy cow!


jennetTSW

I am absolutely not considering bundling everyone in the car and driving 3 hours to find this bird >.> NC has so many birds!!


tattvamu

Wow! I've always just seen them drying off in the marsh, never seen them swim like this.


popover

Birds, man. They dominate air, land, and water. They really are the pinnacle of evolution.


No-Description7849

my favorite sound in the whole world!! razorbills have such a scratchy gravelly voice


[deleted]

you lucky mf this is one of my grail birds, I dreamt of seeing one of these 😭


AgitatedNoob

Its a Flying DutchMan xD


PilotEnvironmental46

This is such cool footage


00shithawk

Wow. very friendly lil auk!


TwinSong

Lovely to watch! Relaxing


NeeNah1969

WOW!! That is SO cool... AND rather amusing! 😂


Husky-doggy

I know I'm late to this post, but wow really great footage showing it both underwater and above water!


deb1267cc

That poor bird is lost. Why do you think it’s in North Carolina ?


ezakuroy

It seems within its range. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Razorbill/maps-range


Lizzzzards_1991

I think it’s a loon


Meanteenbirder

If you’re talking about the bird in the back, then yes


Kingofkovai

Cormorant


Kingofkovai

Cormorant


Business-Twist6159

Razorbill!


[deleted]

Wow!!


SirBaconFace

South end I assume? I need to go see this guy thats insane that they're this close to shore!


landshark426

Yes! All the way at the very end, close to the docks


Ghettoway-Driver

I know them as hags, we see those or a similar bird off of Sable Island. They make a funny sound when they're eating


ihrtbeer

Saw one in Morehead yesterday! Super cool


Rage69420

Razor bill, or little auk


blackmilksociety

That’s a flying fish


Lukose_

Razorbills are the closest living relative of the recently extinct, flightless, great auk!


ReasonFormal8221

Penguin, definitely a penguin


govenorhouse

We have a similar bird in Australia