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UW Dawgs and the Marbled Murrelet

March 31, 2014 Maria Mudd Ruth
The Marbled Murrelet really wants to be a team player.                  Dawgbird image by MMRuth.

The Marbled Murrelet really wants to be a team player.                  Dawgbird image by MMRuth.

Please join me at the University of Washington's Anderson Hall on Tuesday April 1 at 3:30 for my presentation, "The Trouble with Murrelets: Discovering and Recovering a Rare Bird." I will be talking about this fascinating seabird, the 185-year-long search to find its nesting site, and the impact of the nest discovery on the forests of the Pacific Northwest and on murrelet conservation.

This free event is sponsored by UW's School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and is open the students, faculty, and the public. There is a reception after where I'll be selling and signing copies of my book, Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet (Mountaineers Books, 2013).

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Flying from Mountaineers Books this Spring—the story of the Pigeon Guillemot—the world’s most charismatic alcid. This non-fiction natural history will be on bookshelves and available from online retailers on April 7, 2026. Click a link below to pre-order a copy now from these purveyors:

Mountaineers Books (non-profit, indie publisher based in Seattle)

Browsers Books (Olympia’s indie bookstore)

Bookshop.org (support your local bookstore)

Barnes & Noble (in the book biz since 1971)

Amazon


A Sideways Look at Clouds from Mountaineers Books

A Sideways Look at Clouds from Mountaineers Books

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Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet

“Compelling…  engaging.” —Library Journal

“Rare insights into the trials and joys of scientific discovery.” —Publisher’s weekly

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Enjoy this song by Peter Horne, "Little Bird, Little Boat, Big Ocean.” Written about the Marbled Murrelet, but the lyrics work well for the Pigeon Guillemot, too.


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