I photographed this while I was on a Gatheralls boat tour of the Witless Bay islands.
Newfoundland Nature
By Mark on 8/16/2013 10:57:49 PM
Looks like a common murre. Usually black in colour but they can be brown. The marking on the eye is common. Here's a link to another picture of one on google.
By Nickislander on 8/17/2013 12:40:52 AM
It is a common murre, or turr. Thick-billed murres usually have a white stripe on their beak, and are darker. Murres with the white circle around their eye are called 'bridled'. They're great swimmers and even better divers.
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