#cormorants — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cormorants, aggregated by home.social.
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😢 A #MarineHeatWave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off
‘We don’t know how bad this is going to get’
By JULIE WATSON
Updated 1:25 PM EDT, July 1, 2026SAN DIEGO (AP) — "Within minutes of walking on a #SanDiego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses — one after another.
Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks."Each month, scientists and volunteers conduct surveys of dead #seabirds and find what Russell describes as a grim assessment of the impact of a massive marine HeatWave that has lingered for months off parts of the California coast.
"The surveys that have been carried out by various organizations for decades help build a baseline of information on beached sea life to detect threats and their impact.
"Many seabirds, including California #BrownPelicans, #loons and #grebes, starved to death in recent months as record-setting ocean temperatures decreased the band of cold, nutrient-rich surface water where #krill, #anchovies and #sardines thrive near the shore, said Russell, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
"We’ve been seeing #cormorants walk to shore and then just die within the hour. I mean one time it happened within 15 minutes, and I’ve never seen that before,” Russell said. 'That has been heartbreaking for me and we’re seeing this happening across the whole coast.'
"Scientists fear the die-off could worsen with the recently formed El Nino, the natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather worldwide and spikes global temperatures."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/jsx3D#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PacificOcean #ElNino #WarmingOceans #OceanDieOff #Seabirds
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/26/all-time-xis-detective-fiction/
An all time XI of players who have namesakes in detective fiction and a photo gallery.
#cricket #DetectiveFiction #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #starlings #lapwings #sparrows #mammals #squirrels #muntjac #hare #fungi -
New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/03/hapless-heat-remain-winless/
A look back at today's #WBBL11 match between #SydneyThunder and #BrisbaneHeat, a note about future posts and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #WBBL2025 #STvBH #photography #birds #swans #starlings #cormorants #TheMoon #FullMoon -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/11/08/all-time-xis-england-in-australia/
With an away #Ashes series coming up I offer up an #AllTimeXI of England players whose finest hours came in Australia. Also a large photo gallery.
#cricket #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #MuteSwan #insects #ladybirds #butterflies -
The Cormorants of Cape May
During a boat tour through the Cape May saltmarsh, I observed Double-crested Cormorants at rest, in flight, and in that transitional space between water and sky.
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Today's birbs. They were all good.
#cormorants #thrushes #ducks #flycatchers #birds #BirdsOfMastodon
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/03/all-time-xis-somerset-northamptonshire-composite-xi/
#cricket #CountyCricket #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #Muntjac #oystercatchers #cormorants #HistoricBuildings. A composite XI showcasing the talent produced by the two 'Cinderella' counties among the 18 with FC status. Also my usual photo gallery.