There is a distressing mystery that has been bothering us ever since we arrived in Todos Santos. A visit to the beach always involves the sight of dead or dying pelicans. Reports of hundreds of dead pelicans near the lagoon sent a buzz through the community: what was going on with the pelicans?! Nobody knows for sure what is causing this problem, but there are a few theories floating out there. Here are a few that I have heard:
--Fishermen catch them and break their necks when they come around the boats because they are competing for the same fish.
--It is juveniles who are dying because they are inexperienced and dive into water that is too shallow and break their necks.
--Cold weather earlier this year in Washington and Oregon (do the pelicans here migrate from up there?) caused frostbite on their feet and bills, weakening their resistance to disease, impairing their ability to catch food.
Any ideas?
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