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Murre birds all over the water surface.

Murre birds all over the water surface.
Murre birds all over the water surface.
Murre birds all over the water surface.
Murre birds all over the water surface.
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Linder, Christopher L.
Murre birds all over the water surface.
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04/19/2009
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When I stepped outside the bridge I could hear the "thwap thwap thwap thwap thwap" of hundreds of murre wings, as the birds skittered in every direction along the surface of the water and the thin ice. They may have had bellies too full for flying, or maybe they just didn't want to leave. "They're reluctant to go but they're kind of confused," Reedy speculates, looking back at the pictures. "Dive? Swim?"
Image of The Day caption:
Hundreds of thick-billed murres ? medium-sized seabirds that resemble penguins ? skitter in every direction along the icy waters of the Bering Sea as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy approaches. The research team on board is studying fish, seabirds, marine mammals and even humans to learn more about the impacts of climate change on the Arctic ecosystem. The expedition, led by WHOI biologist Carin Ashjian, is being chronicled on the Polar Discovery Web site.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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