May 2001
Olympic Natonal Forest near Long Beach, Washington State

Just acres and acres of Christmas Trees.

Marbled Murrelets prefer old-growth forests for their nests and obviously the above christmas tree grove is not ideal.
I was employed as a seasonal field technician to conduct auditory and visual surveys for the Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus.  
Compass bearings, grid maps, GIS maps, and four-wheel drive vehicles were used to set up and relocate survey stations.  This  species of
seabird prefers to nest in old-growth coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America.