Unknown substance coats hundreds of birds in San Francisco Bay, killing at least 200

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Mysterious Goo Blamed in San Francisco Bay Area Bird Deaths

SAN FRANCISCO — Jan 20, 2015, 8:04 PM ET
By KRISTIN J. BENDER Associated Press The death of 100 birds in the San Francisco Bay Area has baffled wildlife officials who say the creatures' feathers were coated with a mysterious substance that looks and feels like rubber cement.
The birds began turning up on a beach Friday. Necropsies and lab tests will be done Tuesday, but results may not be known until later this week, California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Andrew Hughan said.
"We've never seen anything quite like it," Hughan said. "So it's a mystery for the moment."...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wir...tests-28350969​

Substance spill threatens seabirds in San Francisco Bay
Dozens of seabirds were found covered in a pale goo late Friday January 16 on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay by East Bay Regional Park District staff...

http://www.sfbws.com/blog/2015/01/19...-francisco-bay​

 

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[h=1]Mystery deepens: Prime bird death suspect ruled out[/h] [h=5]By Steve Rubenstein and Peter Fimrite[/h] [h=5]Updated 9:50 pm, Wednesday, January 21, 2015[/h]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mystery-deepens-Experts-probing-bay-goo-rule-out-6031053.php​

[h=1]Bird deaths hit 200 from mystery pollutant in San Francisco Bay[/h] "It?s some material that we nor the wildlife center has ever seen before," said Andrew Hughan of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

By Brooks Hays | Updated Jan. 22, 2015 at 10:47 AM

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/201...pollutant-in-San-Francisco-Bay/7631421879992/​