Talk:Japanese murrelet

A fact from Japanese murrelet appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the main nesting site of the Japanese murrelet was used as a bombing range by the USAF?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:15, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the main nesting site of the Japanese murrelet (pictured) was used as a bombing range by the USAF? Source: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/AsRDBPDFs/species/syntwumi.pdf (p. 1513)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Storia de Mahometh
- Comment: ~~Will expand (inc. with hook fact) today, please hold!~~ Now ready for review, thank you.

5x expanded by Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk). Self-nominated at 07:50, 27 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and large enough expansion. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out to source and is interesting. Image is PD. No other textual issues seen. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:18, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]