Last month, we took in a common, or thin-billed, murre, Uria aalge. If you look at this picture of him you may notice that his legs look a little funny, like they are set too far back on his body. Well, they are. Murres are pelagic diving birds, meaning they live in the open ocean far from shore. Their limbs are adapted to life in the water and they are very awkward on land as well as in the air. They can only take off from the water, which is why this little guy ended up in