Enjoying a Near Murre-der
Tuesday 5 July 2016, week 8: Buldir Island, 20:35 Last week as I was watching my ledgenesters – kittiwakes and murres – during productivity surveys, a pair of murres started to fight. Murres don’t build any sort of nest; they incubate their eggs between their feet and chest as they lean against rocks on cliffs. Shortly after TBMU 1 had stood up enough for me to see its egg and…