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Melanistic Common Murre at its nesting site

By Alaska Science Center
An all-black (melanistic) common murre on rock ledge with gull behind and other black and white common murres.
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A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre at its nesting site on Gull Island in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, 2019. 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