Date: 4/21/26 3:51 pm From: Betsy Mooney via groups.io <wingblossoms...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Brandt's Cormorants on the mainland
Hi Mark,
This group of Brandt’s Cormorants was located east of Stearns Wharf,
visible from the back of The Sea Center, on March 17, 2026. I had not been
aware of Brandt’s Cormorant issues, but I have not observed them here very
often, and definitely not in large numbers. My conservative estimate was
approximately 150 birds.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM Thomas Turner via groups.io <habarimbu=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> I will just add that on iNaturalist, you can add tags and metadata to your
> posts, like dead vs. alive. Then you can search for a species and only look
> for dead records, for example, which can be useful. You can also add these
> annotations to the records posted by others.
>
> Tom Turner
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> On Apr 21, 2026, at 9:22 AM, Jamie Chavez via groups.io <almiyi=
> <protonmail.com...> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Mark, for pointing this out. This also allows me the chance to
> remind eBirders to NOT add dead birds to eBird checklist totals. This is
> counter to eBird rules. You can count all the live cormorants you see and
> add comments that X number of deceased birds were present (but not counted
> in your checklist total). Another option is to use iNaturalist to count and
> document deceased birds. This is permitted through that platform.
>
>
> Jamie M. Chavez
> Santa Maria, CA
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> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android.
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On Tuesday, 04/21/26 at 09:07 Lynn Scarlett via groups.io <
> <Lynnscarlett...> wrote:
>
> Oh. Wish I had thought to document this yesterday (and today) at COP.
> Soooo many dead cormorants everywhere! I saw probably 30 in just a quarter
> mile.
>
> On Apr 21, 2026, at 8:55 AM, Mark Holmgren via groups.io <maholmgren33=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>
> Many of you are aware of this tragic situation with Brandt's Cormorants,
> apparently caused by food shortage, driven by warm ocean temperatures to
> our north.
> I'd like to document this. If any of you have a photo of large numbers of
> Brandt's Cormorants at mainland Goleta Point, or any other coastal
> promontory, could you send one to me please?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark Holmgren
> San Marcos Pass
>
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> Lynn Scarlett
> Santa Barbara
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> Jamie Chavez
> Santa Maria, CA
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