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Unusual Bird Deaths, Sickness

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Bird rescuers believe dozens of dead and sickly baby terns washed up suddenly on beaches here after something scared them out of their nests on an abandoned barge and into the water, where they couldn't swim.

....The die-off comes just days after an unusual number of starving and weak baby pelicans showed up on area beaches in northern California. State wildlife officials said a successful breeding year may have resulted in baby pelicans struggling to find enough food with increased competition from older birds.

Other sick pelicans found in Orange County last week may have been poisoned, having ingested algae tainted with domoic acid.

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This is interesting to have these stories show up so near to each other. What's going on with the sea birds?

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One of the possibilities that was mentioned in the article was intense heat. I know this has been a problem in other areas this year, and it makes you wonder if there are some significant global changes occurring that are starting to affect the sensitive balance in the ecosystem. Events like these certainly makes one wonder about such things.

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I don't know if the heat has anything to do with larger than normal pelican populations, and they were just speculating with the terns. However, it may be some kind of climate or other environmental anomaly in the sea that made the population increase? Interesting to ponder.