Observers in Port Heiden, Alaska report significantly reduced sea gull populations and fewer gull eggs for subsistence, coinciding with decreased seal numbers and increased fox populations.
This bird was a noticed on the beach landing area of the community but not touched.
"Swallows usually show up in the spring time or when winter months are over in Alaska."
"Within a week we saw thousands of shearwaters along the beaches, and witnessed hundreds dead. They would sit on the tideline unable to walk, foraging on dead fish that had washed ashore and trying to feed on the fish in the nets of the set net sites as well."
Unknown bird sighted on the Alaskan Peninsula.
Large shearwater die-off at a Pilot Point beach.
Dove in Cottonwood Tree
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