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Pelagic Bird Die-off
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Pelagic Bird Die-off

by SandyRichardsBrown

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted April 12, 2014447 views2 comments
Over the last few years, there have been unusual numbers of seabirds dying and washing up on West Coast beaches, as well as other parts of the world. In this small cove's beach a few months ago, Jim and I counted more than 60 dead birds like these.
A group of Stanford environmental students were taking samples and studying the birds. I'm not aware of any clear answers yet; surely a number of environmental factors are involved.

D300s
18-200mm @ 28mm
1/320 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
ISO: 250
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO1
Flash: Built-in,TTL

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Carl Battreall on April 12, 2014 at 11:45 PM
Powerful image, the angle of the light gives the right amount of texture for this monochromatic image.
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 13, 2014 at 5:40 AM
Sad story, fine image ! Hans
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