Archivo: WO 2087 Marbled Murrelet

Description: Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus): photographed at Auke Bay marina, Alaska (12 miles north of Juneau). The last individual in the local population still showing extensive basic (winter) plumage in Spring -- perhaps unable to molt into full alternate (breeding) plumage due to physiological reasons?
Title: WO 2087 Marbled Murrelet
Credit: [1]
Author: Gus van Vliet (not with USFWS, and the image does NOT belong to USFWS)
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