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Mystery of sick brown pelicans
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January 8, 2009, Thursday
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WILDLIFE experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,600 kilometers of the United States' western coastline.
The birds, some of them dead, have been spotted from San Francisco to Baja California, Mexico. Many have been found far from their homes on roads, fields and backyards.
The pelicans started appearing late last month north of San Pedro in Southern California, then began appearing farther north, said Jay Holcomb, executive director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield, in Northern California.
The center's San Pedro facility has received more than 40 birds in the past 10 days, while the Fairfield Center has received about 25, Holcomb said.
A man in Baja California alerted the center about a similar problem there this week after discovering sick pelicans on the beach south of San Felipe.
"There are dead or sick brown's all over the place," Rick Meyer wrote to the research center.
The birds, some of them dead, have been spotted from San Francisco to Baja California, Mexico. Many have been found far from their homes on roads, fields and backyards.
The pelicans started appearing late last month north of San Pedro in Southern California, then began appearing farther north, said Jay Holcomb, executive director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield, in Northern California.
The center's San Pedro facility has received more than 40 birds in the past 10 days, while the Fairfield Center has received about 25, Holcomb said.
A man in Baja California alerted the center about a similar problem there this week after discovering sick pelicans on the beach south of San Felipe.
"There are dead or sick brown's all over the place," Rick Meyer wrote to the research center.
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