On January 31, 2013, ABC meeting hosted Clay Sprague and Peter Harrison of the DNR who really informed us about the status and conservation of Marbled Murreletd and on DNR Managed Forest Lands and elsewhere. We saw movies of parents bringing fish to the single chick and saw the chick age through the season and then fledge! We heard stories of Murrelets flying over the Olympic mountains and another one flying over Seattle from the sea clutching a fish in bill to bring it to the young. Riveting!
Thanks to Kay Pullen for lining up this program and emceeing so ably!
Below: Kay Pullen, Clay Sprague, Peter Harrison. Click to enlarge.
Thanks Clay and Peter for the presentation. It was great. Here is a link to the DNR site for info re the marbled murrelet work going on now. http://www.dnr.wa.gov/ResearchScience/Topics/TrustLandsHCP/Pages/lm_hcp_marbled_murrelet_main.aspx