Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) have been endangered in the state of California since 1992 and continue to decline across their range. In recent years this has been primarily due to predation of eggs and young at the nest. Very few studie . . .

The estimated total number of seabirds (18,291) killed during the 1997-1998 Point Reyes Tarball Incidents (PRTI) was the largest reported for any oiling event in central California in the last two decades. Oil trajectory analyses and bird beaching pat . . .

The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a federally threatened seabird and little is known about the species’ nesting ecology, especially in the redwood forests of northern California. Redwood National and State Parks represents a major com . . .

Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) have been endangered in the state of California since 1992 and continue to decline across their range. In recent years this has been primarily due to predation of eggs and young at the nest. Very few studie . . .

Excessive predation on eggs of Marbled Murrelets has been linked to poor recruitment of young into the murrelet population, especially in the California, Oregon and Washington populations. Corvids have been implicated as the most influential egg preda . . .