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Maine coast dotted with dead seagulls

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Dead seagulls launched on the coast of Maine — this time in Casco Bay — Maine Audubonscientists say is a source of caution.

Shannon Silberson, who lives on Peaks Island, noticed about 30 dead and dying birds this week. "It was just scary," she told WGME-TV.

The Audubon Society's Doug Hitchcox suspects that the dead and dying black-backed gull in Mincrocs, just east of Cliff Island, was the victim of bird flu. But he said it would need testing to confirm that.

When the islands of Massachusetts are hit by bird flu, authorities fear bird flu

Maine officials fear the avian flu caused the deaths of more than 30 birds which washed up on the state's coast.

Main state officials fear that bird flu has caused the deaths of more than 30 birds launched on the state's coast. I am.

This is not the only dead bird found in the area. Earlier this week, hundreds of dead cormorants were launched on the shores ofMartha's Vineyard Island.