The Los Angeles Times weighs in on the mysterious die-off of Cassin's Auklets in the Pacific Northwest that has baffled researchers, and cause a great deal of concern for conservationists. Audubon California has long said that seabirds are among our most imperiled species. The root cause is almost always related to the food chain, and we're fairly certain that issues with krill (the preferred food of Cassin's Auklets) is somehow the cause of all this.