Great Lake ducks dying.

[h2ofwlr]

Darwisim at its finest....

Ducks Dying From Starvation As Lake Ice Cuts Them Off From Food Source
March 12, 2014 4:23 PM
Chris Martinez is a general assignment reporter for CBS 2 Chicagohttp://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014 ... od-source/

CHICAGO (CBS) — This bitterly cold winter seems to be wearing down everyone. It’s also having a dramatic impact on the ducks who usually flourish along the shores of Lake Michigan.

CBS 2′s Chris Martinez reports ducks have been dying for a lack of food.

“We’ve brought in close to 40 ducks so far,” said Josh Engel, a research assistant at the Field Museum.

The bodies are now gathered in a Field Museum lab with other waterfowl that have been collected along the lakefront in recent days.

All of them were starved to death.

Record amounts of ice coating the lake is to blame, keeping the birds from their only source of food.

“It just seems like they literally can’t find enough food and are starving,” said Engel.

The dozens found dead so far are likely just the tip of it.

“This is, at least as far as I know, the first time I’ve heard of anything like this,” said Engel.

[Goldfish]

This is shocking to them?

Sent from a phancy fone

[Nershi]

I wonder which species of ducks have been dying. I know most of the Goldie's that winter on superior bogied out when a majority of the lake froze over this winter. The few that stuck around were feeding in rivers where fast moving water kept it open.

[Bullet21XD]

Probably what's left of the cripple flocks.

[Quack]

That jackass researcher at the Field Museum must be a wet behind the ears intern.

It was just a couple years ago that a ton of redheads and Canvasbacks got iced into a small area at Lake St. Clair and weren't smart enough to migrate. But I guess if it didn't happen in Chitcago, then it didn't happen.

[bow-fishhunter]

I've narrowed it down...

either Global Warming or Tiling!

[mulefarm]

Probably steel shot?

[gimpfinger]

Snapping turtles

sent from your under your bed

[bow-fishhunter]

wood duck houses!

[h2ofwlr]

^^^^