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Marbled murrelet washington.
Threatened the marbled murrelet is federally listed under the endangered species act as a threatened species in washington oregon and california and state listed as endangered in california and as threatened in oregon and washington.
Marbled murrelet are found year round in coastal areas throughout washington.
Murrelets need large areas of coastal and near coastal old growth forest for nesting.
The marbled murrelet a small seabird that nests in large conifer trees is a federally threatened species covered by the washington state department of natural resources dnr s trust lands habitat conservation plan hcp.
Marbled murrelet conservation strategy adopted the board of natural resources adopted a long term conservation strategy for the marbled murrelet at its meeting tuesday december 3 2019.
To 210 inches 533 cm d b h.
It spends the majority of its time on the ocean roosting and feeding but comes inland up to 70 miles 113 kilometers to nest in forest stands with old growth forest characteristics.
Nests were located high above the ground and had good overhead protection but allowed easy access to the exterior forest.
Marbled murrelets are seabirds that forage in marine waters but nest in forests.
They locate their nest in a depression on a mat of moss lichen or debris accumulations on large branches.
Areas of winter concentration are the southern and eastern end of the strait of juan de fuca sequim clallam county discovery and chuckanut bays whatcom county the san juan islands san juan county and puget sound.
All marbled murrelet nests found in washington oregon and california were located in old growth trees that ranged from 38 inches 88 cm d b h.
After almost two decades under an interim plan that state officials say wasn t working the state released its long term conservation plan friday for the marbled.
In washington marbled murrelets nest in mature and old growth conifer forests and sometimes in comparatively younger forests with residual old growth trees.
Marbled murrelets brachyramphus marmoratus are small seabirds that nest in old growth forests and feed in the pacific ocean.