Melanistic Common Murre flies near its colony
![Four common murres flying over mountains with patches of snow. One is a melanistic (all dark) Common Murre.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/DSC_5663ed_2018.jpg?itok=R24o_Ok8)
Detailed Description
A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre flies above its colony on Gull Island 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