Literally trash bags full of stale bread, rice, meat, noodles and tortillas are being deposited daily at not only County lakes, but other sensitive habitats such as Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach and Laguna Lake in Fullerton with the same disastrous results. Ducks are foragers and feed on works, bugs and other insects living in the grass. They are not lacking for food. According to experts, heat spurs the bloom of algae, which then depletes oxygen in the water. Increased fecal matter from over feeding left by large number of waterfowl feeds the growth of botulin-toxin this is picked up by insects and stale food.
Fish eat the insects and human food.
Birds eat the fish, algae and human food. The birds die and other creatures feed on the maggots which become infected and pass the botulism bacteria on to other birds. The birds develop paralysis and die a slow, painful death. The Orange County Board of Supervisors have designated County parks as wildlife sanctuaries and it is everyone's responsibility, both public and County employee, to see to it that all wildlife in our parks are protected and unharmed. View these treasures of our parks from a respectable distance.