Marbled Murrelette Santa Cruz Mountains

As nesting areas for the severely endangered marbled murrelet.

Marbled murrelette santa cruz mountains.

Bioregional council co sponsors local marbled murrelet training class twelve local biologists were trained and certified this past june to conduct forest surveys for murrelets in the santa cruz mountains. Marbled murrelet monitoring surveys. Felton ca 95018. Those funds helped purchase gazos mountain camp which was added to butano in 2000.

But it nests inland in very tall flat topped trees redwoods douglas firs sitka spruces which basically means old growth timber. In addition to murrelet surveys all bird species that were detected were counted and are reported here. Also immediately fo llowing each dawn completed murrelet survey a corvid survey was co mpleted at or near many of the survey stations. Suddjian biological consulting services.

Santa cruz district. And there are only 450 individuals in the santa cruz mountains a seabird the marbled murrelet makes its living fishing in the ocean and marshes. An intensive 4 day training class was co sponsored by the santa cruz moun. Ornithologists were mystified as to where the murrelet nested until a 1970 s snow storm in big basin redwoods state park led to arborists discovering a nest in the canopy of a massive old growth.

303 big trees park road. Department of parks and recreation. Marbled murrelet monitoring surveys. It took 37 days to contain the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties but the recovery process for charred forests in the santa cruz mountains is only beginning.

Photo by local ornithologist alex rinkert. 801 monterey ave capitola ca 95010. There are only about 450 murrelets in the santa cruz mountains region making this the most endangered and southernmost population on the west coast. Santa cruz redwood state parks marbled murrelet corvid monitoring 2010 4 always a certainty.

In the santa cruz mountains. 1760 kenyon drive. Redding ca 96001. In the santa cruz mountains.

The marbled murrelet is listed as endangered under the california endangered species act and threatened under the u s. Klamath wildlife resources. The santa cruz mountains are thought to have only 10 000 acres of old and second growth trees 50 of which lies within big basin state park alone singer 2003. And within that range other threats are present.

In the late 90s the sempervirens fund a land trust focused on the santa cruz mountains redwood forests received 500 000 in oil spill mitigation funds to protect murrelet breeding habitat.