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Reports of sick pelicans across Southern California increase


Hundreds of starving pelicans appearing in California

Wildlife workers are puzzled at the appearance of hundreds of sick and starving pelicans showing up at rescue centers along the California coast.

Wildlife groups seek county's financial help for starving pelicans as ...

Local wildlife rescue organizations are seeing fewer sick and disoriented brown pelicans requiring care in Santa Cruz, but the issue has persisted around the ...

Pair of emaciated pelicans found in Tiburon are part of regional trend

They are among hundreds of starving and injured brown pelicans that have been admitted to wildlife-rescue centers this spring, wildlife experts say.

Updates on the CA Brown Pelican Mortality Events

... from Monterey County south to San Diego County have admitted hundreds of sick California brown pelicans, a fully protected species in California

SLO County pelicans are starving. Pacific Wildlife Care is trying to ...

... pelicans in San Luis Obispo County, California, than usual ... San Francisco observed an increase in starvation among brown pelicans, he said.

Pelicans are starving: Scientists might know why - Phys.org

There's a broken link in the food chain of California's brown pelicans, adding a sad chapter to one of conservation's most striking success stories.

California Pelicans Face Mysterious Die-Offs | Focusing on Wildlife

In a concerning ecological phenomenon, nearly 900 brown pelicans across California have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation centers, ...

The brown pelican crisis of 2024 is here - NPR

Brown pelicans are appearing on California's coastline. They are showing up emaciated, starving and weak. Dr. Elizabeth Wood of the Wetlands ...

Wildlife experts trying to determine why California brown pelicans ...

Wildlife rehabilitation facilities in California counties such as Monterey have admitted hundreds of sick brown pelicans since mid-May.

Brown pelicans anemic, hypothermic and sick in California

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Hundreds of brown pelicans have been found hypothermic, dehydrated, anemic and sick in Southern California and in different parts ...

Brown Pelicans are dying on the Oregon coast - rfalconcam

In the summer, flocks of about 20,000 brown pelicans live on the Oregon Coast and then fly to Southern California and Mexico before winter to breed.

Growing number of sick and dying California brown pelicans worries ...

Hundreds of sick and dying California brown pelicans have recently been found across the region and are now being treated at various rescue ...

California - Page 4 of 195 - YubaNet

Central and Southern California wildlife rehabilitation facilities began admitting an unusually high number of sick pelicans as reports were […] AT&T COLR ...

Mysterious Disease Sickening Pelicans - The Santa Barbara ...

As of January 8, 265 Brown Pelicans were reported dead or sick in California, with more than 100 receiving treatment. “All the birds seem ...

Wildlife Scientists Continue to Seek Cause of California Brown ...

Results indicate that pelicans are succumbing to starvation-related problems. Currently, there are no indications of disease or unusual parasites.

Sick Brown Pelicans Are Turning Up Along the Coast - KQED

The Los Angeles Times reported there was a similar spike in malnourished brown pelicans along California's coast in 2022, with no clear cause.

Brown pelicans fall victim to storm - Daily Breeze

... in San Pedro experienced an increasing number of sick birds through last weekend and staff members expect more, despite the few days […]

California Brown Pelican - Channel Islands National Park (U.S. ...

DDT altered the birds' calcium metabolism, resulting in egg-shell thinning. The egg shells were so thin that they broke under the parent's ...

Nearly 50 brown pelicans have been treated at Pacific Wildlife Care ...

... increase in brown pelicans ... California Sick Pelicans. California News. Scores of starving and sick pelicans are found along the California ...

Sick pelicans showing up along California's Central Coast

Wildlife organizations report a large increase in the number of sick and dying brown pelicans along the coastlines of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and ...