3/3 Robin, salmon forecast, killer whale deaths, marine mammal superbugs

American Robin [WikiCommons]

 
American Robin Turdus migratorius
The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness. (All About Birds)

Salmon experts predict more wild coho but fewer Chinook in Puget Sound this year
Greater numbers of wild coho salmon are expected to return to Puget Sound later this year, according to forecasts released last week, but threatened Puget Sound Chinook stocks are likely to see another decline. The 2021 salmon forecasts were announced Friday during an online video conference with sport and commercial fishers and other interested people. The annual meeting serves to launch negotiations that, when completed in April, will prescribe fishing seasons for the coming summer and fall. Chris Dunagan reports. (Puget Sound Institute)

Killer Whale CSI
Collisions with boats and other interactions with humans are "significant" causes of death for killer whales in the northeastern Pacific, a recent study says. The findings come from one of the most comprehensive looks at killer whale pathology to date, but scientists say determining how a killer whale may have died is often notoriously difficult. Eric Wagner reports. (Salish Sea Currents Magazine)

Why Salish Sea researchers are targeting superbugs in marine mammals
Harbor seals and porpoises in the Salish Sea experience antibiotic-resistant bacteria differently, pointing to worrying implications for orcas. Hannah Weinberger reports. (Crosscut)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  258 AM PST Wed Mar 3 2021   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH  LATE THURSDAY NIGHT   
TODAY  SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  7 ft at 12 seconds. 
TONIGHT  S wind to 10 kt becoming SE after midnight. Wind waves  2 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at 15 seconds.

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