Really miss seeing the Brown Pelicans coasting down along the
Boardwalk at Virginia Beach, especially when i heard the news
about their mysterious deaths on the West Coast.
International Bird Rescue Research Center
Feb. 11, 2009 Update: California Brown Pelican event
California brown pelicans are a sub-species that nearly became
extinct in the late 1960s’ from DDT and DDE, which caused their
eggshells to thin. When they were listed in 1970, only 200-300
breeding pairs remained. Its east coast cousin, the Atlantic brown
pelican, was removed from the federal endangered species list in 1985.
we are seeing some common conditions - disorientation - birds
landing inland, being found in neighborhoods, on roads, runways, etc.
This disorientation implies something is wrong, possibly neurologically.
"Given the increasing reports of dramatic and unusual climate changes around the
world, it is not inappropriate to connect this phenomenon to the difficult to prove
theory of global warming. Unseasonably warm weather and abundant food supply
caused an estimated 4,000 pelicans to remain in Oregon and Washington until
December when they were caught in record-breaking cold temperatures.....
However, these conditions do not explain the disoriented behavior
exhibited by many of the casualties."
( Ironicly ) on February 5, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to
remove the CA brown pelican from the Endangered Species List.
" I had never seen a seabird wandering on the side of the freeway before."
What's causing fatigued pelicans to drop from sky?
"Disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are landing on highways
and airport runways and in farm fields, alleys and backyards miles
from their normal coastal haunts."
In Pelican Mystery, Weather Is a Suspect
Influx of sick pelicans along SoCal coast
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