The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) ranges from California to the Aleutian Islands, with the center of its abundance in south-central and southeastern Alaska (Piatt and Ford 1993, Nelson 1997). In the conterminous United States, Marbled Murrelets typically nest in old-growth forest on branches in the canopy (Nelson 1997, Piatt et al. 2007). Ground nests of Marbled Murrelets in North America have been known since 1931 (above treeline at 580 m elevation on Chichagof Island in southeastern Alaska), although a ground nest was not well described until 1978 (Carter and Sealy 2005). In British Columbia and Alaska, ground nests occur with increasing frequency to the north and west of the species’ distribution. DeGange (1996) reported 34 nests in Alaska, of which 15 were on the ground; in Southeast Alaska alone, two of six nests were on the ground in forested areas.