Melanistic Common Murre flies above Gull Island
![A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre flying, wings spread, with blue sky and clouds in background.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/DSC_5667edited_2018.jpg?itok=vRSq-zNU)
Detailed Description
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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Public Domain.
Photo by Sarah Schoen, U.S. Geological Survey