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Date: 3/31/26 11:16 am From: Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Coastal seabird numbers and mortality
Here's the latest news release from California Department of Fish and Wildlife, including links on How the Public Can Help. https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/cdfw-finds-starvation-to-be-primary-cause-of-increased-mortalities-in-california-seabirds Reporting these events (with photos) is critical to assessing the scale: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Laboratories/Wildlife-Health/Monitoring/Mortality-Report Justyn Stahl North Park On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 8:56 AM <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> wrote: > There has been a fair amount of online discussion and websites discussing > increasing seabird mortality, with beached birds being found in larger > numbers, not only the usual suspects like pelicans and cormorants, but also > some murres and rhinos. The water is warmer than normal and there may be a > food source issue developing, although as recently as late February fishing > captains were telling me that there were plenty of bait fish around. > > > Sometimes under these conditions the best fishing is right near the shore, > and I just finished spending 2 hours looking off the end of Seacoast Drive > near the Tijuana River mouth and near the imperial Beach Pier and tallied a > record total of 430 Red-throated Loons, a species that annually stages > along this section of coast in March and early April but not normally in > nearly these numbers. Also about 100 Pacific Loons, 1800 Western Grebes, > and four Cocos Boobies. > > > Paul Lehman, San Diego > > > Sent from AOL on Android > <https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?<id...>&listing=email_signature_attribution> > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#17659): https://groups.io/g/SanDiegoRegionBirding/message/17659 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118598798/858290 -=-=- --- The monthly meetings of San Diego Field Ornithologists (SDFO) are currently virtual, open only to members, at 6pm on the third Tuesday of every month. Two notable on-line resources are available for San Diego birders: the San Diego County Bird Atlas by Phil Unitt (2004) - http://sdplantatlas.org/BirdAtlas/BirdPages.aspx ; and an update of notable records for San Diego County (2002–present), compiled by Paul Lehman - https://sandiegofieldornithologists.org/san-diego-county-avian-records-database/. --- -=-=- Group Owner: SanDiegoRegionBirding+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/SanDiegoRegionBirding/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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