SANTA CRUZ — At least 45 sick seabirds washed up on two south Santa Cruz County beaches this weekend along with numerous dead birds in what authorities are calling the worst local “mystery spill” in a decade.
SENTINEL VIDEO: Bird rescue
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rushda » Blog Archive » SENTINEL VIDEO: Bird rescue // Nov 14, 2007 at 4:19 am
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RPD // Nov 14, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Goddess Bless Molly & Nathan & Lupin & Zoe for their years of constantly rescuing these helpless
birds! They run completely on donations so please give generously to one of our own unique community services.
t // Nov 14, 2007 at 1:49 pm
What happened to this story? Was on line yesterday and disappeared last evening. Really makes me wonder if this story got squashed! I agree that the work done @Native Animal Rescue is an incredible treasure to all living beings in our community. Donations go a long way in feeding and caring for birds and mammals in their care. This family and volunteers work 24/7 all year . . . every day. If you are worried about the environment and global warming, these folks are caring for the animals effected! Put your donations to our local treasure!
Andrea Kaczmarski // Nov 15, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Remmber there was a bird down at a former dump at Bay Front Park. It was a bottem feeder. The ranger thought it was affected by bacteria from the dump? t
Andrea Kaczmarski // Nov 15, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Anyway, the city of Menlo Park lights their streets powered by the emissions from the debris breaking down at this dump which is now Bayfront Park. The positive side to that dump, green power, methane gas. The sick bird was a grebe, a beautiful bird.
Roy Upton // Dec 7, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I believe the seemingly coincidental increased deaths of birds is underemphasized part of the pheromone-pesticide spraying story. I walked around at Elkhorn Slough about 3 weeks after the Monterey County sprayings. In a small area of about 20-30 yards, there were at least 27 dead cormorants. The most alarming thing I noted was that they were all in the same state; freshly dead; not decayed or eaten by bugs. This means they all dies around the same time, like a mass killing of birds in a really small area. Some have blamed this on redtide without noting that compounds in the pheromone-pesticide we all were sprayed with can stimulate the algae blooms that cause redtide. A Santa Cruz Sentinel article also reported that many of the dead or injured birds had a film of surfactant on them which causes them to drown. The pheromone-pesticide that was sprayed contains emulsifiers which can act in a manner similar to surfactants. Moreover, surfactants make up a significant part of the respiratory system and mucous membrane. Perhaps this is why many of the adverse effects documented about the pheromone-pesticide are respiratory and mucus membrane oriented. A more serious examination of this potential connection is warranted. We have brilliant minds in marine biology at UCSC and Monterey Bay Sanctuary. Where are they?
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