Thick-Billed Murre

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On Thursday, March 5, a friend and I observed a Thick-Billed Murre at
Kiptopeke State Park.  It was a wintered plummaged or immature bird.  We
studied it at fairly close range in waters between the shore line and the old
ship hulls.  At the time, we were concerned that it might be a Common Murre
which, after consulting the VSO's Annotated Checklist of June 1987, would have
been even rarer.                    

I vaguely remember that someone else posted a sighting of  a Thick-Billed
Murre in Virginia early this year, either on MDOsprey or Birdchat.  Is this
possibly the same bird and same location?

Ralph Wall 
Dendroica@aol.com.                                           

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