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Western Gulls Nest on Anacapa Island

June 1, 2017 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

One of the best parts of my mini-adventure to Anacapa Island was having the opportunity to see tons of nesting western gulls. Towards the end of April, thousands of western gulls flock to the island to mate and lay eggs. Incubating the eggs takes about one month and our trip was scheduled to coincide with… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: Anacapa Island, baby bird, baby western gulls, bird, bird nest, Channel Islands, nesting, western gull, western gull chicks, western gulls

Anacapa Island Adventure

May 27, 2017 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

I finally got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time – visit Anacapa Island! (Anacapa Island is the second smallest Channel Island and it’s part of Channel Islands National Park.) It’s really not that hard to visit the island if you live in Southern California, it’s just a matter of… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Ocean events Tagged With: Anacapa Island, Arch Rock, Channel Islands, gulls, ocean, ocean adventure, Oxnard, sea beauty, seagulls, western gulls, whale watching

The year of the injured bird

January 4, 2015 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

The year 2014 has come and gone and soon the year of the horse will come to a close as the Chinese New Year ushers in the year of the sheep on February 19. For me, I’m just hoping the year of the injured bird is over. One of my 2014 New Year’s resolutions was… [read more]

Filed Under: Animal encounters, Birds Tagged With: bid rescue, bird, cormorant, crow, help birds, injured birds, pigeon, rescue

Go see the movie Pelican Dreams

November 19, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

I had the chance to see the new movie Pelican Dreams and it was a delight! The movie opens with a huge traffic jam on the Golden Gate bridge caused by a lone California brown pelican standing in the middle of the road. The bird won’t budge until a rescuer steps forward and then the… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Do Something, Ocean events Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, pelican, Pelican Dreams movie

Pink the brown pelican flies free!

June 5, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Hooray, Pink the formerly mutilated brown pelican was released on Tuesday, June 3rd, and flew back to his pelican compatriots in the wild! Before being released, he was banded with a blue band printed with V70 on it, this is to help identify him in the wild as part of International Bird Rescue’s Blue-Banded Pelican… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

Update on Pink the mutilated brown pelican

May 31, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Great news, Pink the brown pelican has fully recovered from a severe mutilated pouch wound! After two operations that lasted a total of six hours and involved hundreds of stitches, it’s almost impossible to see the scar and Pink looks good as new (see photo). “Over the course of treatment, I’ve seen Pink transform from… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

$10,000 reward for information on mutilated pelican

April 29, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Great news, the mutilated California brown pelican made it through the first surgery on Sunday and is doing well! Double great news, the reward for information on the attacker(s) is now up to $10,000. In other news, the pelican has been officially nicknamed “Pink” for the colored leg band the bird was assigned upon arriving… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

$7,500 reward for information on mutilated CA brown pelican

April 24, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Yesterday, International Bird Rescue (IBR) held a press conference and provided more detailed information regarding the status of the mutilated California brown pelican. Here’s the latest: Thanks to the generous support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and individual donors, the reward has increased to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican

Dedicate this Earth Day to the birds!

April 22, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

It’s Earth Day and I was prepared to do a celebratory post hailing all the wonderful gifts our planet Earth bestows upon us everyday. That is until I saw this eye-popping, jaw-dropping photo on Facebook accompanied by a plea from International Bird Rescue offering a $2,500 reward for information on who slashed this poor California… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican

Be an intern for the birds

March 22, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

International Bird Rescue (IBR) is looking for a few good interns! This is a great opportunity for students interested in biology, wildlife preservation, environmental conservation and of course…birds. Being a bird isn’t so easy these days. Despite possessing the gift of flight, birds still have to spend many hours on land resting, foraging, nesting, preening… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, help birds, International Bird Rescue, internship, San Pedro, Wilmington

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