Bird populations
threatened.
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Posted: Apr
25, 2019 04:04 PM PDT
Updated: Apr
25, 2019 05:09 PM PDT
SALTON
SEA, Calif.- - A new report paints a grim future for birds that rely on the
Salton Sea habitat. Audubon California-released report uses
bird-monitoring data from several different sources to show just how the
destruction of the Salton Sea ecological habitat has decimated the populations
of both pelicans and cormorants endemic to the area.
As the
Salton Sea recedes, the body of water's salinity increases, which kills off its
tilapia population. Without tilapia, the birds starve.
According
to surveys, there were approximately 20,000 American White Pelicans in 2008.
According to Aerial surveys conducted by the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife, that number now sits at 100. Audubon's own research backs up this
decline.
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