3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California

[Demovictory9]

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/3-000-eggs-abandoned-after-drone-scares-birds-in-16225410.php



This undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife show some 3,000 elegant tern eggs that were recently abandoned on a nesting island at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, Calif., after a drone, prohibited in the area, crashed and scared off the would be parents. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)AP


HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off the birds, a newspaper reported Friday.

Two drones were flown illegally over the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach in May and one of them went down in the wetlands, The Orange County Register said.

Fearing an attack from a predator, several thousand terns abandoned their ground nests, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Now, during the month when the white birds would be overseeing their eggs as they begin to hatch, the sand is littered with egg shells.

[Murphyb849]

1. Another reason...

Why I prefer dogs to people. Losing my faith in humanity one day at a time. 😢

[soothsayer]

2. That's just horrible

[XanaDUer2]

3. do they know the guilty party?

I hope there are fines. This is obscene

[SMC22307]

4. Stupid fucking humans. This really makes me ill.