David Suzuki Foundation Trackable Tag Muriel the common murre

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Released:
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Origin:
British Columbia, Canada
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of lukard.

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Muriel would like to visit Victoria and then head to Tofino!

About This Item

With their black backs and white bellies, common murres are the closest thing to penguins in the cool northern oceans! The common murre has the uncommon ability to dive over 100 metres to catch its dinner, mostly for small schooling fish such as herring. That's like diving to the ground from the top of a 25-storey building for a meal! These seabirds spend the majority of their lives out at sea, only coming ashore to breed during the summer. They are well-adapted to ocean life, can dive before learning to fly, and are better at swimming and diving than flying. Common murres can remain underwater for up to  two minutes. They don't make nests, instead laying their eggs—specially shaped to prevent them from rolling off—on bare rock ledges on cliff faces. The common murre is often killed accidentally as fisheries bycatch and from chronic oil leaks and spills in waters off the B.C. coast. While their nesting site on Triangle Island (where 95 per cent of the province's seabirds breed) is protected, they remain vulnerable out at sea where they forage for food for their young.

Muriel would like to know what you love about the ocean?

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    Discovered It 4/12/2014 Snowsox discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered this one after a long hike on a portion of the YCH trail with members of the HCGP.
    Visited 4/12/2014 KlawPaws took it to It's all downhill from here... Pennsylvania - 29.09 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 TheCachingKs discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered this little TB at The H.C.G.P Makers Madness event and wish this TB great success in all geocaching adventures.
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 bournright discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered it at Makers Madness Challenge. Thank you for sharing.
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 flamingo_girl discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered it at the H.C.G.P. Maker Event. Thank you for sharing!
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 shrinerr discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at the HCGP's HCGP Makers Madness Event. TFTTB!
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 mortonfox discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered it at HCGP Maker Madness event. Thank you for sharing.
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 trapture discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at a Makers Madness
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 bike-fish discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at the HCGP Makers Madness Event today.
    Discovered It 4/5/2014 Snowsox discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered this one at the HCGP Makers Madness Event after a morning geocaching adventure with Shrinerr and Flamingo_girl.
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