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Common Murre feeds chick

By Alaska Science Center
Common Murre with small fish in bill feeding chick on rocky cliff. Three adult murres, black heads and white breast on rocks.
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A Common Murre feeds its chick a capelin at the Gull Island breeding colony in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Capelin are an important, energy rich forage fish for many marine predators.

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Public Domain.

Photo by Sarah Schoen, USGS