Dead birds on Gunnamatta???

[fishingvic]

Another article on the mutton birds in Port Phillip Bay:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/anima ... 2wgzd.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mcmonier]

They were everywhere when I was in gippsland too, scattered dead across the beaches.

[cornelia]

I went down to Gunnamatta late on Friday afternoon.
Absolutely terrible conditions, choppy, N/W howling along the beach and a low tide, didn't even put a line in.
There was a terrible smell at the Surf Club end stairs, I walked up towards the first stairs and counted 40 dead black crow like birds along the beach between the stairs.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the hell that would be about?

Supposedly dead mutton birds who died from exhaustion flying south from North Hemisphere ... supposedly happens each year ... NEVER seen before ever! Love to know why so many this year? We saw them up North in Pittwater week before. So sad:( :titanic:

[cornelia]

Maybe the huge Typhoon in Philippines caught them out???