Marbled Murrelet -- Thomas Hamer

#Photography #Photographs #Pictures #Photos #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Murrelets #MarbledMurrelet

ACTION POST 🌎 🪶 🦑#old-growthforests in #Oregon. They #storemorecarbon /acre than other terrestrial ecosystem. #Filter drinking water. #Holdsoil above salmon streams. Are home to the #northernspottedowl, #marbledmurrelet, #cohosalmon, #steelhead, & hundreds of other uniquely evolved species.

Marbled Murrelet - American Bird Conservancy The Marbled Murrelet faces many of the threats that endanger all seabirds, but the loss of its old-growth forest nesting habitat is unique among seabirds.

The petite, quail-sized #MarbledMurrelet has been called the "enigma of the Pacific." 🌊🐦

Here's more about this amazing little seabird:

abcbirds.org/birds/marble...

A Tiny Seabird Faces Growing Threats in the Forest

just a great article on a #California native that was new to me, despite my hours walking through redwood forests.
the #marbledmurrelet #mamu a seabird that nests in old growth trees.
enjoy.
🎁 🪶 🌊 🌲 🌱 #NYTimes

Endangered Marbled Murrelets link marine reserves to protected old-growth forests. Their fate is our fate. I saw and heard my first murrelets flying into the wild forests at Cape Perpetua last week—citizen survey. Life changing ! Thanks Bird Alliance of Oregon. #birder #marbledmurrelet

Forget the cookie-cutter! We're learning there's no one-size-fits-all answer to what a Marbled Murrelet nest stand looks like. Keeps things interesting, right? 😉 #Conservation #MarbledMurrelet #DisturbanceEcology

Photos courtesy of Cassidy Ruge

Few other things:

1. Slashed proposed orca endangerment fine

2. 31 species at risk along TMX ocean shipping route.
#MarbledMurrelet (Fairy Creek too)
-Southern & Northern Orcas
-northern abalone
-humpbacks…

3. Good they are requiring (2021) AIS identification for vessel tracking.