Reports
Sunnylea Junior School
The Marbled Murrelet
| This research report is on the Marbled Murrelet. The
scientific names of my animal is brachyramphus marmoratus. The family that the murrelet
belongs to is the bird family. The murrelets are threatened in Canada. The things that are
in the report are appearance, habitat, food, threats, and interesting facts. Someone
should read my report because it tells you stuff you didn't know. The murrelet has two stages of plumage. In the winter white and in the summer white and black. The feet are webbed like a duck. But very rusty brown. The under parts of the murrelets are white and brown. The summer and winter plumage are quite different. The murrelets lives in the northern Pacific off the coast of British Columbia. Most nests have been found in tall trees. The murrelets has a variety of nests. The murrelets in the summer goes to the coast. Catching fish takes most of the murrelet's time. Sometimes the murrelets will drive fish school. Most birds dive below the surface of the water. The murrelets swallow fish underwater. The fish the murrelets eat are the Northern anchovy, the Pacific hemming and the Pacific sand lance. There are human and natural threats of the marble murrelets. The murrelets are drowned in gill nets. The murrelets loses it's habitat. Every minute people are cutting down trees. People are killing them in many different ways. The murrelets gets entangled when people are fishing. When people are polluting the murrelets get killed. The murrelets was threatened in 1990. The murrelets have been spotted in Japan, the USSR and the United States. By Rachel
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