California Brown Pelicans in distress: Event update

^Brown Pelican feet suffering from frostbite (IBRRC photo) From Jay Holcomb, IBRRC’s exceutive director: I would like to provide you with an overview of what we know about the recent California Brown Pelican event that began in mid-December 2008 and slowed down in the last week or so. I wish we were able to point … Read more

New pelican report: Cold weather to blame?

A New York Times story about the pelican crisis is quoting a state wildlife veterinarian that says the birds were brutalized by Mother Nature’s cold fury. “Pelicans were observed in the middle of that storm and then seen moving south,” said David A. Jessup, senior wildlife veterinarian for the California Department of Fish and Game. … Read more

Pelican crisis: “It will take some detective work”

In 35 years of studying pelicans, Dan Anderson, an avian specialist at UC Davis, says “it will take some detective work” to find out why scores of pelicans are showing thin, disoriented or even dead (photo, right) from Oregon to Baja California. In a story from the Chicago Sun-Times, Anderson, says he’s only seen this … Read more