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Article: Unusual marbled murrelet nest. (Short Communications )
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- Wilson Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 1, 1995
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Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) nest primarily in trees, except in treeless or nearly treeless areas of Alaska where they are known to nest on the ground (Mendenhall, Proc. West. Found. Vertebr. Zool. 5:5-16, 1992; Piatt and Ford, Condor 95:662-669, 1993). We observed a ground-level Marbled Murrelet nest in old-growth forest in July-August 1993. The nest was located in the Log Jam Creek drainage of northern Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska (55 [degrees] 52 [feet] 56 [inches] N, 132 [degrees] 57 [feet] 53 [inches] W). Southeastern Alaska contains the greatest numbers of Marbled Murrelets in North America (Mendenhall 1992, Piatt and Ford 1993).
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