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Thousands of migratory birds invade man's property
Thousands of migratory birds have taken over a Del Valle man's property.
The egrets set up shop in his back yard on Elroy Road about four weeks ago. Already, there are mounds of feces, dozens of dead trees, and a putrid smell that's leading to health problems.
But since the birds are protected by both federal and state law, it's creating a "sticky" situation.
"I love birds, I've always loved birds, but there is nothing to love about this," said David Gibson, who lives on the property.
Frank Bauer has owned the property for decades, but this is the first year the migrating egrets have decided to nest on his property.
Last year, the birds were a mile down the road and completely destroyed Bauer's neighbor's yard.
"It's infringing on my rights," he said. "My rights to fresh air, my rights to trees, so its an invasion."
At least 50 of Bauer's trees are now dead and the foliage on the ground is completely covered in feces. He usually rents out portions of his property to tenants, but he says with the new, unwelcome guests, no one will rent from the property.
Thousands of migratory birds invade man's property
Thousands of migratory birds have taken over a Del Valle man's property.
The egrets set up shop in his back yard on Elroy Road about four weeks ago. Already, there are mounds of feces, dozens of dead trees, and a putrid smell that's leading to health problems.
But since the birds are protected by both federal and state law, it's creating a "sticky" situation.
"I love birds, I've always loved birds, but there is nothing to love about this," said David Gibson, who lives on the property.
Frank Bauer has owned the property for decades, but this is the first year the migrating egrets have decided to nest on his property.
Last year, the birds were a mile down the road and completely destroyed Bauer's neighbor's yard.
"It's infringing on my rights," he said. "My rights to fresh air, my rights to trees, so its an invasion."
At least 50 of Bauer's trees are now dead and the foliage on the ground is completely covered in feces. He usually rents out portions of his property to tenants, but he says with the new, unwelcome guests, no one will rent from the property.
South Island residents are getting ready for it.
Freezing conditions were expected in much of both islands, bringing snow, rain and gale force winds to many areas.
Heavy snow was expected about Canterbury and southern parts of Marlborough above 300m. Snow was also expected to low levels about Southland and southern Fiordland. Snow was expected about Banks Peninsula.
"A very strong and cold southerly flow spreads over the South Island tonight, with snow expected to lower to near sea level about southern and eastern areas," MetService said.
Accumulations of snow were likely to exceed 50cm above 300m, and 100cm above 500m. Smaller amounts of snow were expected below 300m.
Showers of ash were reported in the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatsky district forcing authorities to distribute gas masks among residents, Interfax said.
Local residents said that the streets are covered with a layer of ash and that there is a strong smell of sulphur in the air. The village is located 47 kilometers away from the volcano.
The plume of ash, spewed into the air by the Shiveluch volcano Thursday morning, reached a height of 10 kilometers above sea level.
All public facilities in the village continue to function despite the ashfall, while local firefighters and rescuers are sending out text messages warning people to stay inside.
The Emergency Situations Ministry's local office said the lives of local residents were not in danger.
© Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian PressA Canadian Pacific freight train sits derailed on a failing bridge over the Bow River in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, June 27, 2013.
Officials now hope to use heavy cables to secure the final five cars, as well as a sixth empty one, and keep them out of the river.
"The last thing we want is these cars running down the river, and causing problems downstream at other bridges or anything else," Acting Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc said Thursday morning, after earlier stressing: "Right now, the public is safe."
Emergency crews evacuated an 800-metre radius of the site after the 3:30 a.m. derailment. The evacuated section includes a section of Deerfoot Trail, a major Calgary thoroughfare. That closure will further leave traffic in near-gridlock in Alberta's biggest city, as flooding closures were already causing extensive delays.
The CP rail train was mostly over the bridge early Thursday morning when its crew noticed it had partially derailed. They called 911.
There were no injuries and no leaks are yet reported, CP spokesman Ed Greenberg said in an e-mail. "The cause is under investigation," he added.
Crews are setting up booms downstream, to catch some of the diesel-like substance if it is ultimately spilled.
An investigation is underway to learn why a greater-than-normal number of fish for this time of year are washing up on shore around Canandaigua Lake. During spawning season it is typical to find dead fish washing up due to various stresses fish experience, such as in defending their turf and dealing with a rapid increase in temperature, said Canandaigua Lake Watershed Manager Kevin Olvany.
"The usual suspects" in Olvany's words are smaller fish like perch and sunfish. This season, he said, there appears to be a greater quantity of fish washing up of all varieties, which include larger fish - such as large bass. The situation warranted an investigation, Olvany said.
Olvany was at Kershaw Park in Canandaigua on Monday looking over the situation, and he said other sections of the lake also appear to have more fish washing up. A fish sample has been sent to the state Department of Environmental Conservation for testing and results should be back soon, he said.
Olvany was at Kershaw Park in Canandaigua on Monday looking over the situation, and he said other sections of the lake also appear to have more fish washing up. A fish sample has been sent to the state Department of Environmental Conservation for testing and results should be back soon, he said.
© Beth LuckCattle are buried on Warrigundu Station in the Northern Territory.
The stock on Warrigundu Station, 300 kilometres south-east of Katherine, were reportedly vaccinated for the disease four days before the first cows started dying.
Garry Cook, from the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC), says the source of the botulism is still unknown, but it's most likely to have occurred in decaying animal carcasses.
"We're are really perplexed about what's happened because these cattle have been vaccinated every year.
"They were freshly vaccinated and turned out of the yards into this particular paddock," he said.
"So why these particular animals succumbed to something despite vaccination is something the Department of Primary Industry is still working with us on."
ABC Rural has obtained photos of some of the dead cattle, which have been buried in ditches.
The South-west region is on storm watch, as the unseasonal tempest-like weather claims its third life. A 54-year-old woman drowned in her car in the Landes.
Overnight a mini-tornado struck the Cote D'or region laying waste to 60 houses and leaving 15,000 homes without electricity.
In the French Pyrenees, flash floods showed no mercy sweeping away all in their path.
As harsh weather continues, hundreds of bait fish were seen washed ashore at South Durras. With many of them still alive, a question that arose was what caused the incident. The reasons behind the same still remained mysterious.
The event was something that was never seen before at the place. Hundreds of fishes were seen lying on shore. John Perkins, a Friends of Durras spokesman who snapped the pictures of the fishes, said that the waves came and washed them back.
It emerged that Durras Lake's entrance to the sea has been closed recently. Mr. Perkins said that it may be the reason behind unusual event. Stan Gorton, the Editor at Narooma News, said that he had never seen yellowtail scad and slimy mackerel piled up like that earlier.
The pictures of the fishes have been sent to NSW Fisheries to find out the reason behind the same. The residents of the Batemans Bay have been asked to stay away from the waterfront as the tides are still hitting the town.
"The tide wasn't as big as the same time last year. Climate scientists say this will be 'normal' high tide in couple of decades. It's a bit of a benchmark", said Narooma local Greg Watts.
Every day, NASA's AIM spacecraft maps the distribution of noctilucent clouds (NLCs) around Earth's north pole. The results are displayed on spaceweather.com in the form of the "daily daisy." On June 20th, pilot Brian Whittaker flew past a vivid display of NLCs over the North Atlantic Ocean and he decided to compare his own view to that of AIM. Here are the results:
"Once again, AIM's daily daisy-wheel allowed me to see where the northern horizon noctilucent clouds truly were!" says Whittaker. "This display reached a maximum height of about 10 degrees as seen from 37,000 feet at 50N latitude. It was my 4th and best sighting of 2013 so far."
© NASA
