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DoomsdaysCW

#NewYork: Dozens of dead birds found on #LongIsland beach believed to have died from #AvianFlu

Story by Pei-Sze Cheng
February 28, 2025

"A Long Island beachside community in #SuffolkCountyNY is worried about dozens of dead birds that have washed up on the shore and been found in backyards, especially because officials believe the birds died from avian flu.

"#PatchogueShores in #EastPatchogue has a private community beach. Earlier this week, Tim Jones, the vice president of their association, was walking along the beach with his family when he noticed many dead birds.

"'I saw three #seagulls, a #cormorant, and I got a count of 11 #ducks,' explained Jones.

"NBC New York walked with him and saw a dead gull, a dead #goose bobbing in the water and various other smaller birds strewn along the small stretch of sand.

"Jones contacted the Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC said it appeared to be avian flu because there have been cases in Suffolk County and Nassau County before. Officials from the department urged the community to close the beach to avoid any contact with the dead birds."

Read more:
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#HPAINews #HPAI #AvianFlu #AvianInfluenza

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Wonsington
FEATHRUARY 2025

Prompt 20: Aquatic
-> Olrog's Gull

It's the last day of #feathruary and you knew my last pick had to be a gull, right?

May I introduce to you: Olrog's gull! It is named after 20th century Swedish ornithologist Claës Christian Olrog who worked in Argentina, where most of the Olrog's gull population lives.

This bird has an oddly specific range: it can be found between 38.49° and 45.11°S, mostly in and around Bahía Blanca, an Argentinian city by the Atlantic.

Unfortunately, Olrog's gulls are classified as "Near Threatened" due to loss of habitat.

FUN FACT
Their name in their native range is "gaviota cangrejera" which translates to crab-eater gull. This is because their main diet consists of three different species of crabs, namely Chasmagnathus granulata, Cyrtograpsus altimanus, and Cyrtograpsus angulatus.

#feathruary #feathruary2025 #bird #birds #birb #birbs #birdart #digitalart #drawing #gull #gulls #seagull #seagulls #olrogsgull
An Olrog's gull, a large seagull with a yellow beak with with a black-red tip, white body and very dark wings, in front of a coastal landscape with a lighthouse, cartoon style.
#olrogsgull
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Wonsington
FEATHRUARY 2025

Prompt 17: Parking Lot
-> Ring-Billed Gull

The prompt is "parking lot birds", does anyone think of anything other than seagulls?!

I chose the ring-billed gull, a beautiful, fierce and strong-willed birb who is even found in parking lots or other places where humans possibly lose food (and the definition of "lose" is quite loose here, because sometimes it simply means that these birbs will snatch your snack right out of your hand :D).

Their diet usually includes fish, invertebrates, snails and even carrion, but these not-at-all-shy birds have come closer and closer to cities over the years and can now be observed chasing kids with ice cream cones, snatching fish burgers out of unsuspecting tourists' hands or even robbing gas stations and taking bags of crisps. They want it, they take it - I love them so much! 😍

FUN FACT
In the 19th century, the ring-billed gull was frequently hunted for its plumage. Fortunately, the population has since rebounded and it is now not only the most common gull in North America, but also the third most common bird worldwide with an estimated population of 1.2 billion birds.

#feathruary #feathruary2025 #bird #birds #birb #birbs #birdart #digitalart #drawing #gull #gulls #seagull #seagulls #ringbilledgull #ringbilledgulls
A ring-billed gull, a gull with a yellow-blueish beak with a dark ring near the front of the bill, white body with light-grey spots and wings in shades of grey, standing in a parking lot with a city skyline in the background, cartoon style.
#ringbilledgulls
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Wonsington
FEATHRUARY 2025

Prompt 11: Flock
-> Mediterranean Gull

We're already starting week 3 of #feathruary and this week's theme is "behaviour"!

When I read "flock", gulls immediately come to mind (although, to be fair, gulls come to my mind all the time anyway). They are very social birbs and like to live in large colonies.

The mediterranean gull is a slightly larger and more robust gull with a heavier beak and stronger legs than, for example, the black-headed gull.

They used to live only around the Black Sea, which is actually not an ocean, but a mediterranean lake between Europe and Asia. I'm sure most of you know that, although they are often called "seagulls", lots of gull species don't live near the ocean.

Today, mediterranean gulls are found throughout Europe, including Great Britain and Ireland, some Scandinavian countries and the Balkans.

FUN FACT
Gulls can be confusing anyway, because many species look very similar to one another. Their German names make it even more confusing: The Mediterranean Gull is called "Schwarzkopfmöwe" in German, which literally translates to "black-headed gull". However, the Black-Headed Gull is another gull species and their German name is "Lachmöwe" ("laughing gull"). These two are not the same though, in fact, they aren't even in the same genus of gulls! The mediterranean gull belongs to the Ichthyaetis genus while the black-headed gull belongs to the Chroicocephalus genus. Ha!

#feathruary #feathruary2025 #bird #birds #birb #birbs #birdart #digitalart #drawing #gull #gulls #seagull #seagulls #mediterraneangull #mediterraneangulls
A mediterranean gull, a gull with a black head, white markings around the eyes, white belly and wings in shades of light grey, in front of a huge portion of fries, with many smaller portions of fries in the background, cartoon style.
#mediterraneangulls
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