These data were collected to test whether presence-absence surveys can aid in the identification of nesting sites for the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), a threatened seabird that nests in older-aged forests along the Pacific Coast. The code presented here utilizes four data tables (csv documents) which are formatted according to tidy data principles. Those files are also available at https://doi.org/10.5066/P13DHFQP. The code provided here replicates the analyses in the associated manuscript.