The Northeast Pacific heat wave, known as “the Blob,” spanned the ocean ecosystem from California to the Gulf of Alaska in late ... a sensitive marine bird, has been seen migrating north ...

Migration: olive-backed group are trans-Gulf migrants; russet-backed birds migrate along Pacific ... Vagrant: casual to accidental to northern Alaska and Northwest Territories; casual to Europe.

“The endangered sea turtles and birds living in the Gulf have already been dealing with noise, oil spills and harsh lights,” said Stuart Pimm, Ph.D., Doris Duke professor of conservation ecology at ...