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Your help needed to save algae slimed seabirds

October 27, 2009 by Russ Curtis

Dear friends, I am contacting you to ask for your urgent help. Thousands of seabirds are dying along the coast of Oregon and Washington state, soiled by an unusual sea slime caused by algal blooming. Hundreds more birds, still fighting for their lives, have washed up on nearby beaches. International Bird Rescue (IBRRC) is in … Read more

Study: Seabird deaths linked to red-tide foam

June 10, 2021February 23, 2009 by Russ Curtis

An important new study about the 2007 Monterey Bay bird die off is pointing toward a red-tide algae bloom that induced a dangerous sea foam. According to the study, the birds feathers lost their water-repellant nature after being coated with the foam. The main species in the red tide was a type of dinoflagellate known … Read more