FYI from Ruth...
"I stopped by the monitor on my way to the bus last night and was able to confirm that one eyass was dead. The female was brooding the others and had her back to me, but it was lying on the gravel outside her feathers. We’ve been down this road before, but it was still sad to see it.
I wonder if this is the same situation as in the Stewart and Bell years, when eyasses died of unknown causes a few days after hatching in 1997 (1), 1998 (2), and 2001 (1).
When I checked the monitor earlier yesterday afternoon, she was feeding two young that appeared healthy and active. This morning she was preening with a view of the eyasses blocked by her fluffy feathers."
