Hello Tweets,

My wife and I encountered at least a dozen dead Surf Scoters that had washed
ashore on Ruby Beach and Kalalcoh Beach No. 4 during the weekend of Oct.
26-27. We also encountered what either was a very injured or very ill Surf
Scoter at No. 4.

I?d intended to try reporting this, but now wonder if whatever is happening
has already been discovered. I?m also personally curious about this. I
passed on our observations immediately to a person belonging to COASST, but
don?t know if there is any other organization that should be notified. Does
anyone have any advice? I was told that Dennis Paulson is on this list and
probably would know.

I found a Seattle Times story about a rash of dead Scoters in the same area
in 2009.

I uploaded a photo of one dead bird on my Flickr stream, in case it would
provide any clues:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/101373383 at N02/10677046056/


Thanks,
Glenn Nelson
Seattle, Wash.
gnbuzz at comcast.net