A Black-vented Shearwater currently in care at our Los Angeles wildlife care center. Photo by Bill Steinkamp.
This week’s full list of birds in care by latest count:
San Francisco Bay Area center:
51 Birds in Care (updated January 9, 2013)
16 Brown Pelicans
8 Western Grebes
7 Northern Fulmars
4 Common Murres
3 Horned Grebes
3 Western Gulls
2 Buffleheads
2 Eared Grebes
1 Black-crowned Night Heron
1 Brandt’s Cormorant
1 California Gull
1 Eared Grebe
1 Herring Gull
1 Mallard Duck
Los Angeles center:
46 Birds in Care (updated January 10, 2013)
12 Brown Pelicans
8 Western Grebes
6 Common Murres
4 Western Gulls
3 American White Pelicans
2 Great Blue Herons
2 Eared Grebes
1 Common Loon
1 Brant Goose
1 Heermann’s Gull
1 Northern Fulmar
1 Bufflehead
1 Black-vented Shearwater (see photo above)
1 Pacific Loon
1 Black-necked Stilt
1 Long-billed Dowitcher
1 Common Loon