Officers say vehicle ran down birds on Long Beach
LONG BEACH — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife agents say seven sea birds were mowed down and killed by a vehicle on the coast at Long Beach.
Fish and Wildlife Officer Mike Cenci says the bodies of the birds were found amid tire marks in an area where vehicles are allowed on the beach. He says the dead birds include Heermann's gulls and juvenile Western gulls.
Sharnelle Fee, director of the Wildlife Center of the North Coast near Astoria, Ore., tells The Oregonian that the tracks indicate the driver hit three flocks of birds. She says the dead birds were found by one of the center's volunteers on Monday.
It's against federal law to kill or harm seabirds. The center is offering a $500 reward for information leading to a conviction in the case.
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