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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: July 5, 2009
Caption: Common Murres Marker
Additional Description: Photo captions:
Upper photo:
These crow-sized birds seek protection in numbers. In the early 1900’s egg hunters nearly wiped them out. Today within the National Seashore they are protected by law.
Center photo:
Murres almost completely cover a favorite ledge. Periodically they go hurtling over the edge to fish or swim in the ocean where they are quite at home.
Lower photo:
Eggs are laid singly on bare rock. A mother can find her egg amid the confusion of the colony by its color and unique markings. Eggs are designed to roll in a small circle - not over the edge.
Submitted: February 16, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p234441
File Size: 2.895 Megabytes

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