INVESTIGATORS MAY HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT’S BEEN INJURING AND KILLING CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICANS ON THE CENTRAL COAST. THIS PAST WEEKEND SOME KAYAKERS SAW PELICANS SWOOPING DOWN TO CATCH FISH, AND THEN BEING CAUGHT THEMSELVES BY SEA LIONS. both pelicans and sea lions eat the same fish.
BOTH PELICANS AND SEA LIONS ARE KNOWN TO FREQUENT PORT SAN LUIS (AND OTHER AREAS OF the CENTRAL COAST) AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, (BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS OF BAITFISH PRESENT). THE INJURIES SOME OF THE PELICANS SUSTAINED THIS PAST WEEKEND WERE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE SUFFERED BY MANY BIRDS NOW BEING TREATED.
