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Melanistic Common Murre flies above Gull Island

By Alaska Science Center
A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre flying, wings spread, with blue sky and clouds in background.
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A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre flies above the Gull Island breeding colony 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