Yesterday we found 2 freshly dead Western Grebes and 1 Grebe that looked
like it would soon be dead on the beach at the jetty and at the Taurus
access at Ocean Shores. There were no obvious signs of why they were dying;
they were not obviously emaciated and the feathers of the dead ones looked
clean and healthy. There was also a group of 4 that was only a few feet
from shore in water that was only a few inches deep at the edge of the
waves, although they displayed no signs of trouble. We wondered the same
thing about why there were so many dead or dying Western Grebes.



Art Wang

Tacoma, WA