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22 Sept: Erica did not make it. She flew another 395 mi (636 km) before going down at sea. Her whole trip out over the Atlantic was about 800 miles, which meant she was flying non-stop for about 30 hours. Simply put, she ran out of gas.      We don't know to what extent the winds were pushing her eastward, but if this was a genetic inclination, that gene is no longer in the Osprey gene pool. Natural selection is ruthless and migration is such an ordeal for inexperienced birds that it is no wonder so few return from their first migration.

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