Reply To: Dying birds hailing in Alaska – 09/01/2006

November 25, 2013 at 1:27 am #1273
Mike
Keymaster

What are the hard numbers re: bird deaths? Any takers?
Anyone interested in creating an article to be published?
Bridget

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Bird deaths puzzle Unalaska
SHEARWATERS: Captain said hail of creatures hit his boat for up to 30 minutes.

By ALEX deMARBAN and CRAIG MEDRED, Anchorage Daily News

Published: September 1, 2006

More than 1,600 sea bird carcasses have washed onto Unalaska
shores over the last two days in a mysterious die-off that
scientists are scrambling to understand.

Some say they may have died of hunger. Others say they’re
smashing into boats.

Maybe it’s both, some scientists said.

You can read the full story online at:

http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/8145561p-8037818c.html

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