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Answering the call: Rescuing cold, wet pelicans

February 10, 2010 by Bird-Rescue

We posted a new video on our YouTube Channel as a rescue team from International Bird Rescue Research Center responds to a call about 30 cold, wet California Brown Pelicans in Los Angeles Harbor area. The San Pedro center has received numerous calls from the public reporting dead, dying or sick birds along the Southern … Read more

New pelican report: Cold weather to blame?

February 23, 2023January 15, 2009 by Bird-Rescue

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