Starving Seabirds Wash Ashore As California Rescuers Fear New Wave Of Deaths

Pacific Wildlife Care in Morro Bay has admitted 927 starving common murres from Sept. 1 through Nov. 9, compared with 24 during the same period last year, the organization told Patch. Although murre admissions have slowed, rescuers are now seeing unusually high numbers of another seabird species and fear further deaths over the winter. Many birds arrive exhausted and severely weakened.