From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Saw several dead gulls at Ruby Beach a few days ago. What's up with that?
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Karl,

Dead Larus (specific) gulls are not uncommon on both coasts of North America.
Most often, the healthy and hungry gulls eat the offending dead gull� (gasp) before we humans see the carnage.

Gulls are most often innocuous to most dinoflagellate (red tide) blooms. They thrive on detritus!
The rise in temperatures�?
Most beaches I visit every day, smell different lately. The higher than normal temperatures?
All salt water beaches stink at low tide� but lately; they stink more than average. (my nasal measurement/assessment  :-)
Salt-chuck organics live and thrive in a narrow temperature band. Exceed the temperature band? Perish, could be the simple answer.
The most secure answer. Most in the know do not know yet�. 

On a similar vein. My tap water was at 70�F today�Sheeze, I live in Kannuchistan the freeze zone.
Run the tap for minutes and the measured temperature remains the same�. 

My point here?
Camp in the shade!

Pz
cool under his rock off the west coast