State investigators will begin testing a mystery substance that has killed or injured more than 200 seabirds in the San Francisco Bay.
Tag: International Bird Rescue
Ask the Naturalist
Ask the Naturalist: Do Pelicans Carry their Babies in their Pouches?
A first-grade teacher asks: Do pelicans ever carry their young in their pouches? We asked International Bird Rescue for the answer.
Stewardship
For Jay Holcomb, Every Bird Matters
The Director Emeritus of International Bird Rescue reflects on 40 years of helping oiled and injured birds and wildlife.
History, Wildlife
Bird Rescue Volunteer Finds an Old Friend
Seeing a snowy egret along the Bay shore is certainly not news. But bird rescue volunteer Cindy Margulis watches them anyway, and a few weeks ago she noticed one with a band whose number she could read. Suddenly, an anonymous egret revealed itself to be a bird she’d helped rehab and rescue a year ago.
Wildlife
Brown Pelicans, Victims of Extreme Weather
Recently, people have been finding debilitated, or even dead, brown pelicans up and down the West Coast. Initially baffled, scientists now believe the birds’ expanding range clashed with an unusually severe winter storm in December 2008.
