U.S Fish and Wildlife Asking Public to Help Survey Brown Pelicans

If you enjoy bird watching, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs your help. On Saturday evening they are asking people to go to the coastline and survey California Brown Pelicans.

The survey is from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in California, Oregon, Washington and Baja Mexico. The goal of the survey is to better understand the status of the popular yet troubled seabird.

The survey protocol was designed by experts to capture a comprehensive snapshot of pelican abundance and age distribution.

This information is needed to understand how potential threats from changes in weather patterns, to changes in prey availability, changes in habitat or contaminants, could impact California Brown Pelican populations over the long term.

The survey is focused primarily on coastal roosts where pelicans settle for the night and are most easily counted and photographed.

Interested individuals should visit the survey’s website, ca.audubon.org/brownpelicansurvey, for more information.