---
title: Tsunami washes away feathered victims west of Hawaii
date: 2011-03-20T03:18:00Z
modified: 2011-03-20T03:18:00Z
permalink: "https://nko.org/tsunami-washes-feathered-victims-west-hawaii/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 890
categories:
  - Environment
tags:
  - Environment
  - birds
  - Earthquake
  - Japan
  - Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
  - Tsunami
author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2011-03-20T03:18:00Z
---

**(CNN)** — The massive waves that churned across the Pacific after the Japan earthquake last week swept away nests protecting seabird chicks unable to fly, leaving scores dead west of Hawaii.

The death of seabirds at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge are much higher than initially thought after tsunami waves pounded the islands, officials said.

[Read story on CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/18/tsunami.birds.deaths/index.html)

## Topics

**Categories:** [Environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/environment.md)

**Tags:** [birds](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/birds.md), [Earthquake](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/earthquake.md), [Japan](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/japan.md), [Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/midway-atoll-national-wildlife-refuge.md), [Tsunami](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/tsunami.md)