Tweets,

I'll be sending him the RBAs from Monterey and thought some of you might
want to include sightings from Washington, Oregon and BC. We've had some
really interesting birds lately.

Peggi

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>http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/otis/otis_glbl_00_sstanomaly.gif
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>Gus Van Vliet passed along this URL for world Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
>anomalies from the web. It really looks like we have a major El Nino
>Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event developing rapidly, with anomalously warm
>water extending from Alaska to Chile, and lesser anomalies off southern
>Africa and off Argentina. Since the Southern Hemisphere usually doesn't
>pick up ENSO effects until their spring, this seems to be an early event.
>Some have claimed this appears to be stronger than the 83 ENSO which was
>one of the strongest on record.
>
>I would appreciate hearing from people who think they are observing ENSO
>events (fish or bird kills, unexpected bird sightings, colony abandonments
>or washouts, etc.). Obviously we can't separate random events from ENSO
>events, but if we record events, we may be able to compare them with what
>was reported for 83, so that we can develop a more complete picture of ENSO
>effects on seabirds.
>
>I will try to summarize these reports on a (semi)weekly basis and
>distribute them through Seabird.
>
>Many thanks
>
>David Duffy
>AKNHP/Biology
>University of Alaska Anchorage
>Tel 907-257-2784
>Fax 907-257-2789
>Email afdcd1 at uaa.alaska.edu
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Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com
http://www2.cruzio.com/~woodduck/


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It sings because it has a song"