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Common Murre @ Hornøya
7. April 2024
Varanger, Norway
When birds of prey fly past, all the auks instantly abandon their cliff, leading to a lot of chaotic sights like this one.
While I was on the island, the birds on the cliff flew off like this several times. And while it looked and sounded very chaotic (I mean, it's literally thousands of seabirds shouting and flying away in the sme direction, of course it's chaotic), they did seem quite synchronized and disciplined, and collisions are rare.
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