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(updated July 2023)

Annually we expect to see a small post breeding increase in dead Murres in September and October. However starting in August of 2015, Beach Watch surveyors found much higher than normal numbers of stranding and dead Common Murre chicks. Historically in warm water El Niño years we do see higher numbers of dead Murres than other years. This winter is no exception; our surveys documented more than 12 times the long term average number of dead birds for this time of year.