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New page: thumb|300pxThe '''common murre''' is a sea bird. About 10 million breed in the northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Many of the features o...
[[Image:Common_murre.jpg|thumb|300px]]The '''common murre''' is a sea bird. About 10 million breed in the northern parts of the [[Pacific]] and [[Atlantic]] Oceans. Many of the features of murres’ life history show just how difficult life at sea is. Murres breed for the first time when they’re five or six years old and lay only one egg in a clutch, probably because the difficulty of finding food means that they are able to feed only one chick. Both parents take turns incubating the egg on a bare rock ledge. Common murres can fly 200 kilometers from the nest to find food for their chicks, and may dive as deep as 100 meters for food, but 70 kilometers and 50 meters are probably more typical maximums. Murres feed their chicks three to five fish a day, and adults eat mostly fish too, but they may also consume zooplankton and squid.<ref>USGS</ref>[[Image:Common_murre2.jpg|thumb|300px]]