Observe the Devil’s Slide murres live


By on Sat, July 2, 2005

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The common murre colony at Devil's Slide Rock.

You can observe the murres on Devil’s Slide Rock without risking your life on Highway 1. Video cameras are no beaming images of the murres to a monitor at Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel, and to a web page.  You can also visit the project’s home page.

The Chronicle also tells the story of the penguin-like murres, ravaged by human populations and by fishing and wiped off of the rock by a 1986 oil spill. Scientists lured new birds with decoys and mirrors until the population grew from six nesting pairs to 190 last year.