California Brown Pelicans Getting Disoriented, Killed

Wildlife rescuers from San Diego to San Francisco suddenly are facing a distressing biological mystery: Disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are landing on highways and airport runways and in farm fields, alleys and backyards miles from their normal coastal haunts.

In the last week, the big brown birds known for flying in formation over beaches have been reported wobbling across Culver Boulevard in Playa del Rey and on a Los Angeles International Airport runway. Two dead pelicans were found on the 110 Freeway. Elsewhere, one smacked into a car.

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Comments

[JulieSA]

I'm surprised the article didn't blame it on global warming. It's probably some natural toxin they encountered.

Brown pelicans are doing much better than they were.
I helped rehab a brown pelican that was found hundreds of miles inland in Texas. Neat bird. He was basically healthy. Sometimes they just wander off course for some unknown reason.