Common Murre (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Common Murre

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Adult common murres return to island and sea stack colonies from California to Alaska, spending three months during each summer to breed. A single chick takes two parents to hunt for fish, such as the rockfish -- a staple of the California murre diet -- pictured here.

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Jane Dolliver

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