Date: 6/9/26 8:46 pm From: richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...> Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] Sick Red-throated Loon at Creekside Park
When you call The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology to see if they’ll accept your donation, ask for a parking permit.
If can’t find approved parking, and you park in a questionable spot, campus police have laced camera’s in the full campus and will issue parking volition almost immediately.
Rich Cimino
Marin County
From: <EBB-Sightings...> <EBB-Sightings...> On Behalf Of Zac Denning via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 11:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] Sick Red to see if they’ll accept your donation ask for a parking -throated Loon at Creekside Park
In case anyone is wondering where to donate the body of a deceased bird, at the suggestion of David Quady, I contacted the Staff Curator for the Museum of Vertebrae Zoology at UC Berkeley, and they said they would be excited to accept the specimen. I plan to drop it off later today.
If anyone else encounters a dead bird that they wish to donate, I would suggest contacting them first to confirm that they would take a particular specimen. It may depend upon the species and the condition of the bird. I imagine they don’t get many Red-throated Loon specimens, and this one is in very good condition.
I didn’t hear back from International Bird Rescue on this, but was told that they generally do not take dead birds, as they sadly often have enough to deal with already.
Thank you to everyone else who suggested places to donate the bird. The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology happens to be close to me, so that’s what I will go with.
Zac
On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 11:23 AM Zac Denning <zdenning1...> <mailto:<zdenning1...> > wrote:
FYI: Sadly, the Red-throated Loon, originally reported yesterday at Creekside Park in Albany by an anonymous eBird user, is still present, beached on the mud bank on the south side of the creek at about:
(37.8980597, -122.3072659). Best seen from the north side of the creek, next to the side of the Pacific East mall.
I suspect this bird is sick or injured, and it looks extremely thin. I will call International Bird Rescue, but may not be available to help rescue the bird if that’s what they advise.
