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Title: Mass Death of Seabirds in Western U.S. Is 'Unprecedented'
Source: National Geographic
URL Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ ... alifornia-animals-environment/
Published: Jan 24, 2015
Author: Craig Welch
Post Date: 2015-01-24 11:18:37 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 28299
Comments: 86

Why are so many auklets, from California to Canada, starving?

In the storm debris littering a Washington State shoreline, Bonnie Wood saw something grisly: the mangled bodies of dozens of scraggly young seabirds.

Walking half a mile along the beach at Twin Harbors State Park on Wednesday, Wood spotted more than 130 carcasses of juvenile Cassin's auklets—the blue-footed, palm-size victims of what is becoming one of the largest mass die-offs of seabirds ever recorded.

"It was so distressing," recalled Wood, a volunteer who patrols Pacific Northwest beaches looking for dead or stranded birds. "They were just everywhere. Every ten yards we'd find another ten bodies of these sweet little things."

Cassin's auklets are tiny diving seabirds that look like puffballs. They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. Their total population, from the Baja Peninsula to Alaska's Aleutian Islands, is estimated at somewhere between 1 million and 3.5 million.

Last year, beginning about Halloween, thousands of juvenile auklets started washing ashore dead from California's Farallon Islands to Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) off central British Columbia. Since then the deaths haven't stopped. Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish.

"This is just massive, massive, unprecedented," said Julia Parrish, a University of Washington seabird ecologist who oversees the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a program that has tracked West Coast seabird deaths for almost 20 years. "We may be talking about 50,000 to 100,000 deaths. So far."

One Die-Off Among Many

The gruesome auklet deaths come just as scientists around the globe are seeing a significant uptick in mass-mortality events in the marine world, from sea urchins to fish and birds. Although there doesn't appear to be a link to the virus that killed tens of millions of sea stars along the same shores from California to Alaska over the past 18 months, some scientists suspect a factor in both cases may be uncharacteristically warm waters.

The U.S. Geological Survey and others have performed animal autopsies, called necropsies, on several of the emaciated Cassin's auklets. They've found no evidence of disease or trauma—no viruses or bacteria, no feathers coated with spilled oil. The birds appear simply to have starved to death.

"There's very little evidence of food in their GI [gastrointestinal] tracts or stomachs," said Anne Ballmann, with USGS's National Wildlife Health Center.

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#35. To: Pridie.Nones (#31)

Ah yes that seems to be the game played by old posters who were schitt canned either here or at LP sometime in the past.

Let me think who could it be.... A Gay Canary Posse sockpuppet? war? bucky? meguro? Hmmmmm. So many to choose from where do I start?

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-24   18:27:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: CZ82, Pridie.Nones, Dead Culture Watch (#17)

China has been the worlds leading polluter since 2008 according to a UN report. And since everybody seems to be outsourcing all their jobs to China it will only get worse.

I'm sure the off-the-chart unregulated pollution from thousands of smokestacks in ChiCom cities so thick with haze that visibility is but 20 yards...doesn't matter to the "Climate Change" pole dancers.

All that matters for these socialists is that the middle-class citizenry of "rich" capitalist-Western nations be soaked with additional taxes that line the pockets of politicians, international/third world UN officials and Algorian scam artists.

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-24   18:27:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Pridie.Nones (#34)

Your monicker sugggests "liberation" and yet you want taxes?

Yes. But only upon those on my list.

Do you find the select singled out groups unfairly burdened by such a tax?

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-24   18:29:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Pridie.Nones (#28)

Oh well. No facts, no data, no presentation, no support what-so-ever other than hearsay, conjecture, borrowed commentary and obscure, hand-me-down discussions that have impressed you towards an opinion, 'eh?

No facts?

How about ones own eyes?

Only an 'educated' person could be as dense as you.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   18:32:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: CZ82 (#35)

On this thread, you have consistently portrayed your own ideas as assumptions. There has been no establishment of any basis of fact. Now, you leap into all new assumptions that clearly identify yourself as a cheap magician.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:33:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Liberator (#37)

Pridie.Nones: Your monicker sugggests "liberation" and yet you want taxes?

Liberator: Yes. But only upon those on my list.

What shall your "list" of tax-payers do that may quell your ambitions and objectives?

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:37:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: Pridie.Nones (#39)

Lmao!!!

You want to trot out a bunch of discredited lies told to you by flim flammers, go ahead!

Reasonable people need only look outside, and then at pictures of actual pollution that goes on in the third world to see those lies.

Yet some, ahem, stubbornly put their heads in the sand, and scream to drown out the cognitive dissonance that takes place when reality knocks on the door to their brain.

Thank god that your kind are getting no real traction in this country, the word is out on the lies.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   18:39:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: Dead Culture Watch (#38)

Only an 'educated' person could be as dense as you.

I am curious about your departure from my earlier request. Is there a reason you can not or will not support your earlier opinions beyond mere hear-say?

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:42:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: Liberator (#36)

I'm sure the off-the-chart unregulated pollution from thousands of smokestacks in ChiCom cities so thick with haze that visibility is but 20 yards...doesn't matter to the "Climate Change" pole dancers.

You ever see the picture of that chineese electronic billboard that showed a sunrise in the morning, so people could actually see a sunrise for a change?

Comedy gold.

And yet, even that is the fault of Americans.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   18:43:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: Pridie.Nones (#42)

Only an idiot would call ones own eyes hearsay,

Piss off ant.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   18:43:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: Pridie.Nones (#39)

Did you Google the UN report?

I just did and found it quite easily.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-24   18:44:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: Dead Culture Watch (#41)

Have you noticed that despite all your commentary that you have not identified any facts to substantiate your opinions; clearly, your failed position is not in regards to my earlier request about your three claims.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:48:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: CZ82 (#45)

So place a link about your "report" on this thread so that I may be able to clearly see your relevant facts.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:49:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: Dead Culture Watch (#44)

Piss off ant.

So, you can not or are unble to support your own opinions? Is that the reason for silly rants, as above?

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:51:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: Pridie.Nones (#47) (Edited)

So why don't you?

BTW would like a good recipe for Basil Pesto tortellini soup?

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-24   18:53:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: CZ82 (#49)

So why don't you?

I don't know the actual link to the report you want to reference in this discussion. What you performed shows a serious weakness about your position, not mine. I want the exact report you want to reference for this discussion not an uncertain report.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   18:57:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: Pridie.Nones (#50)

BTW would like a good recipe for Basil Pesto tortellini soup?

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-24   18:57:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: Pridie.Nones (#48)

So, you can not or are unble to support your own opinions? Is that the reason for silly rants, as above?

I have, you dont like it? Too bad. Do you deny the existence of mass amounts of smog in places i listed?

You are a special sort of flower to keep posting on this thread.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   19:00:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: Dead Culture Watch (#52)

You are a special sort of flower to keep posting on this thread.

He fancies himself a

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-24   19:05:53 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: Dead Culture Watch (#52)

Off Topic Moderator X

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   19:07:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: Pridie.Nones (#40)

What shall your "list" of tax-payers do that may quell your ambitions and objectives?

Donate to the Commie/UN/Algorian Human Fund. If they want to execute a plan based on junk-pscience that requires funding to stop Mutha Earth from bursting out of her bra-straps, it should be on them.

You onboard with your donation?

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-24   19:32:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: Dead Culture Watch (#43) (Edited)

You ever see the picture of that chineese electronic billboard that showed a sunrise in the morning, so people could actually see a sunrise for a change?

Comedy gold.

Naw! You kidding??

That's...Soylent Green stuff!

And yet, even that is the fault of Americans.

Yup. It's our fault we invented factories and plastic. It's also our fault we aren't all living in grass huts and caves, and not burning cow dung to roast our catapillars and rats.

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-24   19:35:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: Pridie.Nones, CZ82, Dead Culture Watch (#28)

No facts, no data, no presentation, no support what-so-ever other than hearsay, conjecture, borrowed commentary and obscure, hand-me-down discussions that have impressed you towards an opinion, 'eh?

Wait...

Are you telling us you support the positions of AlGore, the UN, and PETA? The manipulatedh junk science propaganda of mercenary and corrupt official reports authored by the "science communitah"?

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-24   19:39:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: Liberator (#56)

Yup. It's our fault we invented factories and plastic. It's also our fault we aren't all living in grass huts and caves, and not burning cow dung to roast our catapillars and rats.

I am proud of you, that your personally admit that the root casusation of failure is the USA.

Can you provide some facts to support your opinion?

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   19:41:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: Pridie.Nones (#54)

You have consistently shown that you are incapable of adressing my requests. My requests for your supportive data substantiating your personal opinions are easy to publish, too.

Your own enemies must smash you with delight; as exposed, you are an easy target, at least for discussion groups.

Do you friggen need 'Data' to tell you when the sun is shining and when it isn't?

Omg, you are probably the most mush headed tool ive ever come across!

Hilarious!!!

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   19:58:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: Liberator (#57)

The sky is falling! Were all doomed! RUN!!!

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   19:58:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#61. To: Dead Culture Watch (#59)

1) most of the pollution in the world comes from the third world and China; 2) all the left cares about is crippling what little incentive the average American has left; 3) and sucking away the hard earned money they have

Your comment requires data to support your personal perspective.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   20:04:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#62. To: Liberator (#56)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/virtual-chinese-sunrise-broadcast-on-giant-television- screens-because-of-smog-was-fake-9072075.html

The chineese money men made this story disappear, the 'Ad' story is bullshit.

Look at the smog though, this is the kind of pictures the dumbass needs studies on.

Lmao!

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:06:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#63. To: Pridie.Nones (#61)

Your comment requires data to support your personal perspective.

No it doesn't.

Ant.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:08:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#64. To: Dead Culture Watch (#63)

Are you saying that you are a God; that all you are capable of for communication techniques is based on opinion?

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   20:11:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#65. To: Pridie.Nones (#64)

Are you saying that which is easily observable to the human eye is an opinion?

Wow, you are quite dense

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:13:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#66. To: All (#65)

Enough playing kick the baby, life needs some attention.

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:14:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: Dead Culture Watch (#65)

Off Topic Moderator X

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-24   20:15:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#68. To: Pridie.Nones (#67)

Off Topic Moderator X

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:24:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#69. To: Pridie.Nones (#67)

Here weasel.

www.forbes.com/sites/nial...e-and-american-cities-in- comparison-infographic/

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:53:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: Pridie.Nones (#67)

time.com/3677893/china- pollution-film-jia-zhangke/

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:55:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#71. To: Pridie.Nones (#67)

Here's a map, i feel i need to tell you its a map, because you apparently are that dense.

aqicn.org/map/china/

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   20:58:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#72. To: Pridie.Nones (#67)

www.theguardian.com/world...pollution-nuclear-winter- http://scientists">www.theguardian.com/world...nuclear-winter-scientists

Nuclear WINTER?

Wow, that'll leave a mark, yikes...

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   21:01:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: Pridie.Nones (#67)

Have some more!!! Boom.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_in_China< /a>

According to the National Environmental Analysis released by Tsinghua University and The Asian Development Bank in January 2013, 7 of 10 most air polluted cities are in China, including Taiyuan, Beijing, Urumqi, Lanzhou, Chongqing, Jinan and Shijiazhuang.[48]

Lemme know when you start crying too much....

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-24   21:09:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#74. To: Liberator (#30)

Any sensible suggestions?

In some circumstances, (perhaps Boston, NYC, Baltimore, Miami, New Orleans, Seattle, San Diego, etc.) it may be prudent to pursue massive public works programs, similar to the Netherlands, to enable these cities to continue to function below sea level. In other instances where this isn't geologically feasible or along less developed coastline, it may simply be more prudent to prohibit and further development in the low lying areas and shift the population to higher ground,... gradually move people out of the way before Mother Nature reclaims the property by force.

"Some people march to a different drummer — and some people polka."

Willie Green  posted on  2015-01-25   6:35:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#75. To: Dead Culture Watch (#73)

Ya notice how he never did produce his facts. It's just all a game to get you to waste your time while he trots off to the loo to read Playgirl magazine.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-25   8:46:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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