ML646501147

Observation details

"On 28 July 1960, Hines and Thompson returned to the area with Johnson in an attempt to find the nest and adult bird. Johnson had frightened the bird from its nest, the bird taking flight nearly under his feet. He described the egg to us as having a greenish- olive ground color with blotches of brown. The nest was found again, the egg had hatched,and the young still possessed an egg tooth. Pieces of egg shell were present." "The nest was placed in a relatively smooth spot about 100 feet below the summit of this 1,500-foot mountain." -- Thompson, M.C., Hines, J.Q. and Williamson, F.S., 1966. Discovery of the downy young of Kittlitz's Murrelet. The Auk, 83(3):349-351 The nest was ~16 miles from marine waters ...