14-09-2017 03:14 via ktoo.org

For third year in a row, Alaska seabirds wash up dead

For the third year in a row, seabirds are washing up dead along the coastline in Alaska. Hundreds of birds have been discovered along a stretch of the Bering Sea, on the Pribilof Islands and as far north as Deering.
A Northern fulmar found dead along the coast this year. (Photo by Ken Stenek/Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team)
Julia Parrish, an associate dean at University of Washington, says seabirds have to work really hard just trying to find dinner.
“You’re spending a he
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