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Biologist reports on mass murre die-off
A mass marine heat wave known simply as “the Blob” that decimated their food system from multiple angles. Early numbers estimated the die-off to be between 500,000 and 1 million birds. Heather Renner, ...
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The bird at the center of the worst single-species mortality event in modern history isn’t recovering, scientists say
Before the start of the 2014 heat wave, Alaska’s murre population made up 25% of ... Huettmann noted the tufted puffin, a sensitive marine bird, has been seen migrating north because of poor ...
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Alaskan Seabirds and How to Identify Them
Murre Colony, Norton Sound ... wiped during the early 20th century (at that time hunters were allowed to kill birds for their feathers). Short-tails are now increasing, but there still are ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle26d
Dorothy Bradley: Swan song for the Common Murre paints dire picture
No celebration of life. Just — gone. It seemed like I should honor the loss of four million birds so I Googled information. The Common Murre is a sleek black and white seabird that reminds me of ...
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Swansong for the Common Murres | Dorothy Bradley
No celebration of life. Just — gone. It seemed like I should honor the loss of four million birds so I googled information. The Common Murre is a sleek black and white seabird that reminds me of ...
Bird sightings on Cape Cod
Recent sightings (through Feb. 25) as reported to Mass Audubon. A female tufted duck continued on the various large ponds in Harwich/Brewster, including Long and Seymour ponds. In Provincetown, the ...