It's only a matter of days now before murre chicks begin raining down from the cliffs above, as they leap forth into the unknown from the ledges where they hatched; much to the delight of the arctic fox pups waiting below. Provisioned by their fathers, the ones that don't end up as dinner will finish developing at sea. This thick-billed murre chick is from my favorite site T4 on plot 87 at Zapadni. At 23 days old it's reached true mini-murre status. Click HERE to see how much this little guy has changed in 13 days. I don't expect him to be around on the next check.
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x, ISO-800 f/5.6 @ 1/500 sec.
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