Dozens of sick seabirds, struggling to stand and walk, have been spotted along beaches in Sarasota in the past month, according to a local wildlife rehabilitation center.
The cases are unusual, and could be due to a toxin of some kind, said lead wildlife rehabber Jonathan Hande at Save Our Seabirds.
“We typically see this kind of thing with red tide. But there’s no real level of red tide in the water right now that would be causing this issue,” Hande said…