Starving sea birds pop up in Anchorage, Mat-Su

The Anchorage Bird Treatment and Learning Center has received 20 common murres over the past month. All were starving. Photo: Monica Gokey/KSKA.
An increase in dead or starving common murres has expanded beyond coastal communities and into urban areas in recent weeks. An Anchorage bird rehabilitation center that usually sees one or two murres a year has gotten 20 this month. All were starving.
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At the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage, a cluster of five black and whit