Cassin’s Wreck Update: Jan 2024
Updated February 9th, 2024
Beginning in early January 2024, Cassin’s Auklets (CAAU) began washing ashore in Oregon and Washington in unexpected numbers.
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Updated September 29, 2023 Beginning in mid-July, COASST received reports from partners at WDFW of unusual numbers of dead Caspian Terns on a colony at Rat Island, WA (near Fort Flagler). Testing results indicate HPAI (Highly Pathogenic