Marbled Murrelet Nest Data

Murrelets generally nest in solitude although multiple nests sometimes occur within a small area.

Marbled murrelet nest data.

They locate their nest in a depression on a mat of moss lichen or debris accumulations on large branches. Marbled murrelet nesting habitat suitability model for the british columbia coast. It is a member of the auk family. In washington marbled murrelets nest in mature and old growth conifer forests and sometimes in comparatively younger forests with residual old growth trees.

It nests in old growth forests or on the ground at higher latitudes where trees cannot grow. Nests are not built but rather the egg is placed in a small depression or cup made in moss or other debris on the limb. Marbled murrelets are seabirds that forage in marine waters but nest in forests. Murrelets generally nest in solitude although multiple nests sometimes occur within a small area.

This data is an aggregate of predicted suitable habitat from a wide scale algorithm using elevation distance inland forest cover tree height and age as well as two separate regional nesting habitat models. Conducted throughout the range of the marbled murrelet. Agenda item b attachment 17 page 17 of 46. Both sexes incubate the egg in alternating 24 hour shifts for 30 days.

They typically lay their single egg high in a tree on a horizontal limb at least 4 inches in. Murrelets generally nest in solitude although multiple nests sometimes occur within a small area. Its habit of nesting in trees was suspected but not documented until a tree climber found a chick in 1974 making it one of the last north american bird species to have its nest described. The sexually mature adult murrelet at age 2 or 3 of an average 15 year lifespan generally lays a single egg on a mossy limb of an old growth conifer tree.

Marbled murrelet surveys standard survey methods survey methods look for general use not nests surveys conducted at dawn when birds most active look listen for murrelets survey stations although murrelets can be loud and obvious they also often fly into a stand silently. Marbled murrelets nest in oregon from mid april to mid september. The marbled murrelet has declined in number since humans began logging its nest trees in the latter half of the 19th cen. In this paper we review the nesting chronology of the marbled murrelet using data from four published studies that specifically addressed the topic n 26 records additional published breeding records n 26 and unpublished breeding accounts n 35 of the marbled murrelet from alaska.

It is a temporal snapshot. The marbled murrelet is a small seabird from the north pacific. They typically lay their single egg high in a tree on a horizontal limb at least 4 inches in.