drunken flying

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and they don't even mention that the domoic poisoning is caused by huge algae

blooms off our coasts, caused by you know who...

and that these same poisonings are killing scores of marine mammals

 

Possibly Intoxicated Pelican Runs into Windshield

 

June 26, 2006 — By Associated Press

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — The driver was sober. The bird he hit may have been

under the influence.

 

A California brown pelican flew through the windshield of a car on the Pacific

Coast Highway on Thursday, and wildlife officials said the bird was probably

intoxicated by a chemical in the water, according to a report in the Los Angeles

Times.

 

Though toxicology tests take several weeks, the odd bird behavior was likely the

result of poisoning from domoic acid, which has been found in the ocean in the

area, Lisa Birkle, assistant wildlife director at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care

Center in Huntington Beach, told the Times.

 

Birds can be poisoned through eating algae tainted by the acid.

 

The driver was not hurt. The pelican needed surgery for a broken foot, and also

had a gash on its pouch.

 

" She's hanging in there, " Birkle told the paper.

 

The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center has received 16 calls of strange bird

behavior in the past week, and was holding three other birds found disoriented

and wandering through yards and in streets, the newspaper reported.

 

Domoic acid poisoning was the most likely cause of a 1961 invasion of thousands

of frantic seabirds in Northern California that inspired Alfred Hitchcock's film

" The Birds. "

 

Those birds flew into buildings and pecked several humans.

 

Pelicans have excellent eyesight and they are unlikely to have flown into a car

without some kind of intoxication, Birkle said.

 

Source: Associated Press

 

 

 

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