These birds weren’t victims of an oil spill, however. They were caught in a natural process where oil seeps out of the seafloor — a phenomenon that intensifies during the spring, Masvidal said. Last ...

Being sea birds, it’s one of the only times they congregate on land. Renner’s research into the common murre die-off went beyond examining the eight regular monitoring sites she is responsible ...

Recent sightings (through March 11) as reported to Mass Audubon. Early ospreys were reported from Orleans, Harwich, and Falmouth. A black-headed gull continued in Eastham, most recently from First ...

Common murre colony on the South Island of Semidi Islands, in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge south of the Alaska Peninsula, in 2014, before the marine heat wave. Disclaimer ...

In Provincetown, the long-staying spotted towhee continued at the airport and a thick-billed murre was still drawing birders to nearby MacMillan Pier in the harbor. Birds at Race Point in ...

Pacific Wildlife Care responded to a seabird called the common murre suffering from chemical burns caused by naturally-occurring oil in Morro Bay on March 7, 2025.