Today Is July 31st 2014 Time: 02;09 Hrs. PDT HEADLINE: North American Waterfowl Are Newest Casualty Of California’s Drought Summary Excerpts: Add another casualty to California’s prolonged and punishing drought: Wildlife officials warned this week that dry conditions in the state’s Central Valley could have a devastating effect on North American waterfowl. Already, at least 1,700 waterfowl have died at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge near the Oregon border. Between 10 and 20 ducks were found dead Tuesday in a canal that flows through Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood, near Portuguese Community Park. A similar number of birds were found dead recently in a city pond in Hesperia in San Bernardino County. Avian botulism is suspected in each case, though laboratory verification is pending. “We’ve got this perfect storm, if you will. And it’s not going to be pretty,” Biddlecomb said. “I think we’re looking at the probability of a food shortage in addition to a disease outbreak. If they don’t go back in excellent condition, they’re not going to be breeding like they would normally, and that will affect the entire flyway from the boreal forests of Canada all the way down to Mexico, frankly.” Read More here: sacbee/2014/07/30/6593565/drought-contributing-to-waterfowl.html
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:13:13 +0000
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