[EBB Sightings] Common Murre, yes, but...

Hi birders,

Like Bob Power, I went out to  Albany this morning to look for the Common 
Murre.  I didn't find it at the  beach, and I then spent some more time birding 
around the "bulb".  I went  back this afternoon, and this time I found the bird 
on the north side of bulb,  but the sighting was bittersweet.  Unfortunately, 
this bird is clearly in  very poor health, and I don't think it will last 
much longer.  It was  sitting upright on a rock but it was very lethargic and 
having trouble keeping  its balance.  Later, it was laying down on the rock, and 
I saw it roll off  onto its back.  It was able to right itself, but with  
difficulty.

Assuming the bird makes it through the night, the place to  look for it is 
off the northeast shore of the wide, outer part of the  bulb.  It was on a 
small, rocky island, just east of the large, painted  plywood panels.  I was on the 
shore at those panels when I found the  bird.

Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA  




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