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Brown Pelican, Mexico, Acapolco January 2002 © Terry Lunn from the Surfbirds Galleries
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Date: 2002:12:23 13:25:25
Camera: Canon EOS D30 (Canon)
F number: f/9.5
Exposure: 1/350 sec
Focal Length: 100/1
Upload Date: 2008:03:21 17:38:27
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Brown Pelican, Mexico, Acapolco January 2002 © Terry Lunn from the Surfbirds Galleries
Surfbirds News: April 2006 Archives
Brown Pelican, Mexico, Acapolco January 2002 © Terry Lunn from the Surfbirds Galleries
The poisoning has misdirected some pelicans to places like Commerce and Hollywood, farther inland than they would normally go. Others are just dropping from the sky. "They become very disoriented, they fly in different directions, they even fall out of the sky," said IBRRC Executive Director Jay Holcomb. "Yesterday we got one out of a parking lot in San Pedro."
The first signs of "domoic acid" poisoning started showing up in February among sea lions. Where possible, the animals are taken to the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. Now that center's next-door neighbor at Fort MacArthur, the bird center, is starting to take in sick pelicans exhibiting the head-bobbing, shaking symptoms characteristic of domoic acid poisoning.
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