Dead seabirds

There is a die-off of sea birds...blamed, of course, on global warming.

But I am puzzled at this comment:

For reasons that mystify scientists, ocean temperatures are rising, which is killing off the plankton. As a result, animals higher on the food chain are facing mass starvation. "Something big is going on out there," said Julia Parrish, an associate professor in the School of Aquatic Fisheries and Sciences at the University of Washington. "I'm left with no obvious smoking gun, but birds are a good signal because they feed high up on the food chain."

This spring, scientists reported a record number of dead seabirds washed up on beaches along the Pacific Coast, from central California to British Columbia.

UMMM:FELLAS: try West Nile Virus...our crows in Oklahoma died off from that, and it is now in Oregon...

If it was LACK of food, they would stop reproducing, and the birds you find would be...how should I say this...THIN.

I mean, didn't you guys bother to do an autopsy? Viral cultures? Checking for environmental poisons like red tide?WHAT KIND OF SCIENTIST ARE YOU THAT CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE BIRDS TO SEE IF THEY STARVED OR DIED FAT?

If you see healthy birds that just drop dead in large numbers, think of an epidemic, and West Nile virus hit California two years ago...starvation deaths come a few at a time, and the first sign is that the birds don't reproduce, so you have a drop in bird numbers, not dead birds.

But of course, if it was WNVirus, you couldn't blame it on evil Bush causing global warming...and we all know that it's all his fault...