Hard to miss the high numbers of dead Common Murres in NorCal. Here’s a story about the causes. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/el-nino-seabird-deaths-california-22444409.php
Where do they source food for the starving birds ?
Not really a lot of information. Just says “the birds are starving because the ocean is warm” then doesn’t elaborate at all. What do the birds eat? How does a warm ocean affect that? I’d be quicker to call out unsustainable fishing practices if we’re just tossing out theories with no direct connections. It also contradicts itself a few times. Like they say the biggest concern is that adult birds are showing up underweight, then they say it’s mostly yearlings showing up.
I’m not saying it’s not true, but bad article imo
More information:
https://www.audubon.org/washington/news/when-ocean-gets-too-warm-birds-go-hungry
I have read that the San Francisco Bay / Monterey Bay area is on the edge of a severe drop in the ocean floor. The cold water that comes up brings food for a variety of creatures.
This is an older article, but it has some explanation:
That would be why we share the mediterranean climate. For Cape Town it is the Benguela Current and penguins. Struggling. Because overfishing.