Back in late April we had a big influx of adult Brown Pelicans in the Los Angeles area, presumably due to large-scale nest failures south of the border. A few weeks later they seemed to have departed, and now (when we normally get a lot of both young and adult birds pouring in) there are relatively few around, at least in the usual roost sites (e.g., Santa Monica Bay). I'm wondering if anyone's seen big numbers elsewhere along the coast. Checking eBird I noticed that La Jolla may have seen a bump in numbers in May/June, but triple-digit counts are hard to find just checking random eBird hotspots. Did they keep going north? Circle back south to Mexico? Channel Islands?

So my question is, has anyone had hundreds (or thousands) of pelicans in CA in the past month or so, and if so, where? 

Thanks, and feel free to email me offline, but maybe others would be curious too.

Dan Cooper

Oak Park, Ventura Co.