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Effort to save Columbia River salmon becomes an unexpected bird battle

Trouble in seabird paradise

A government effort to save Columbia River salmon becomes an unexpected bird battle, forcing scientists to consider a flock of new questions and options after nature shows its unpredictable side.

Thousands of these double-crested cormorants have settled on East Sand Island in the Columbia River, helping to turn what was supposed to be a peaceful home to a large, relocated colony of Caspian terns into a salmon-gobbling war zone of sorts in the battle to protect threatened fish.

 Thousands of these double-crested cormorants have settled on East Sand Island in the Columbia River, helping to turn what was supposed to be a peaceful home to a large, relocated colony of Caspian terns into a salmon-gobbling war zone Continue reading “Effort to save Columbia River salmon becomes an unexpected bird battle”
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