A Black-legged Kittiwake harasses a melanistic Common Murre
![A Black-legged Kittiwake harasses a melanistic (all black) Common Murre forcing it off its rocky ledge breeding site.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/DSC_5679edited_2018.jpg?itok=hAs3jJ6p)
Detailed Description
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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Public Domain.
Photo by Sarah Schoen, U.S. Geological Survey