As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday 1 March 2018

Kaikōura seabird deaths unusual says wildlife manager

Kaikōura Wildlife Rescue manager Sabrina Luecht said it has been a "summer of death" for seabirds in Kaikōura this year.

Sick and dead birds were handed in or being washed up on the beaches, and other prominent seabird places had the same issues, she said.

Luecht said there were still a lot of dead birds being found and  the high rate of fatalities was probably due to neurotoxin poisoning from an algae bloom or starvation because of the La Nina weather conditions when warmer water and different currents affected food sources.


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