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A Black-legged Kittiwake harasses a melanistic Common Murre

By Alaska Science Center
A Black-legged Kittiwake harasses a melanistic (all black) Common Murre forcing it off its rocky ledge breeding site.
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A Black-legged Kittiwake harasses a melanistic (all black) Common Murre, forcing it off its breeding site in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, 2018. See related paper published in the Marine Ornithology: Journal of Seabird Research and Conservation at: http://www.marineornithology.org/PDF/50_2/50_2_225-227.pdf.

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Photo by Sarah Schoen, U.S. Geological Survey