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The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California. The county is in Northern California, located on the California coast, including northern Monterey Bay, and west of the San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley. It includes the southwestern Santa Cruz Mountains. [1] [2]
In 1995, there was a US Navy study that found elevated levels of toxic chemicals in the carcasses and food of endangered birds at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. The elevated levels of cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc, all poisonous heavy metals, were found in dead California least terns and light-footed clapper rails ...
The Back Bay is the colloquial term for the inland delta in Newport Beach, California. It connects the Upper Newport Bay with the Newport Harbor. It is a nature reserve home to several species of birds with hiking and biking trails. The bay is recognized for protection by the California Bays and Estuaries Policy. [1]
They care about real animals, real birds, real fish." A baby sunflower sea star at the Aquarium of the Pacific's behind-the-scenes lab. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A conservation center in California has taken in hundreds of malnourished birds that experts say are facing weather-driven starvation.. Care facilities have received more than 800 brown pelicans ...
It was founded in 1974 as the first urban National Wildlife Refuge established in the United States, and it is dedicated to preserving and enhancing wildlife habitat, protecting migratory birds, protecting threatened and endangered species, and providing opportunities for wildlife-oriented recreation and nature study for the surrounding communities.
The giant birds received treatment after 21 died in Arizona earlier this year.