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Birds Suffering from Oil Spill

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Pelicans unable to fly due to being coated with oil. Several pelicans were coated in oil on Barataria Bay off Louisiana, their usually brown and white feathers now jet black. Pelican eggs were glazed with rust-colored gunk, and new hatchlings and nests were also coated with crude.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

10,000 Birds

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Great White Pelican – Pelecanus onocrotalus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 13 Jan 2018.

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