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Subject: [Fwd: Seabirds - strange happenings....]
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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:48:11 -0400
From: Tracy Gill <Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov>
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Organization: NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA
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FYI . . .
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Subject: [pacificseabirds] strange happenings....
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:36:12 -0800
From: Verena_Gill@fws.gov
Reply-To: Verena_Gill@fws.gov
To: CC: PacificSeabirds@lists.fws.gov
Message to PSG members:
You are probably aware of strange things happening with seabirds recently.
Seabirds are dying and washing ashore in unusually high numbers from BC to
California on the west Coast, and from Maryland to Florida on the east
coast. Birds have either abandoned breeding efforts or exhibited very
unusual behavior at Farallon, Tatoosh, Triangle and Pribilof islands to
name a few.
Here are some news sites:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050715/BCOCEANS15/TPEnvironment/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002377292_ocean13m.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/12/MNG8SDMMR01.DTL
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3555187&nav=MXEFbll9
Seabirds are indicating something, the full extent of which is unknown
yet.
Seems like a good opportunity to use seabirds as indicators on a large
scale, and see what they are saying.
It would be useful if folks report sightings of dead birds, unusual
behavior, unusual biology, to local contacts (below). In the fall, we will
pull this together into a report and present at PSG symposium on Seabirds
as Indicators of the Marine Environment.
Please send a brief report of any unusual observations to these folks in
your area:
Lisa Ballance - C. Pac, S.CA, Lisa.Ballance@noaa.gov
Bill Sydeman - C/N CA wjsydeman@prbo.org
Dan Roby - OR robyd@ucs.orst.edu
Julia Parrish - WA jparrish@u.washington.edu
Mark Hipfner -BC mark.hipfner@ec.gc.ca
Vern Byrd, David Irons - AK, David_Irons@fws.gov Vernon_Byrd@fws.gov
John Piatt - Atlantic US/Canada - john_piatt@usgs.gov
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John F. Piatt, Ph.D., Research Wildlife Biologist
USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska &
Affiliate Professor, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Marrowstone Marine Station, 616 Marrowstone Point Rd.
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