Melanistic Common Murre at its nesting site
![An all-black (melanistic) common murre on rock ledge with gull behind and other black and white common murres.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/DSC_0932_ed_2019.jpg?itok=2QBMvz0W)
Detailed Description
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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Public Domain.
Photo by Sarah Schoen, U.S. Geological Survey