Here's a Thick-billed Murre bringing a meal to it's baby on Saint Paul Island, Alaska. Catching a reasonable image of this species in flight can be challenging with their top speed of 75MPH (120KM/H). This bird may have flown up to 160km (100 miles) and dove down to 100 meters (330ft) to catch this fish; that's a lot of work! The oldest recorded Thick-billed Murre was at least 28 years, 8 months old when it was found in eastern Canada in 2009. It had been banded in Nunavut in 1982.
Thick-billed murre (AKA: Brünnich's guillemot) In Flight with fish (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich, TBMU) Saint Paul Island, AK ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha a9 Mirrorless Camera & Sony FE 400 f/2.8 GM OSS with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter ISO 2,500, f/8 @ 1/5,000s Manual Exposure mode. Join me for my Saint Paul Island, AK workshop this July to learn more CLICK HERE.