Tuesday, August 17, 2010

They're called common murres...

and it's not difficult to agree that they are indeed very common on Tyuleniy, a non-volcanic island that consists of folded sandstones rising from the sea:
I'll leave it to you to make a headcount, but the murre population is estimated to be approximately 200,000:
Here's an adult murre with a fish for its chick:
And here are a couple of squabbling gulls:

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