{"id":2185,"date":"2014-09-21T17:41:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T17:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tule-lake.com\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2014-09-21T19:09:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T19:09:54","slug":"pelican-banding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/pelican-banding\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelican Banding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"usfws<\/a>
\nArriving By Airboats –<\/strong>
\nClear Lake National Wildlife Refuge is not an easy place to get to. And one
\n must be prepared for the unexpected. In all my travels out there, in a four-
\n wheel-drive high-clearance truck, I never saw another motor vehicle. I did
\n see a cattle drive. The roads can become difficult depending on conditions.
\n This journey to Clear Lake Dam and Reservoir would be with a U.S. Fish and
\n Wildlife caravan. Airboats would take us from the dam to the pelican rookery
\n on a small rocky island in the southwest corner of the lake. In recent years
\n Fish and Wildlife have asked for volunteers to help on the banding project.
\n For anyone, a day with the pelican fledglings will make a lasting impression.<\/p>\n

\"u.s.<\/a>
\nThe Place to Be To Interact With Pelican Fledglings –<\/strong>
\nClear Lake Refuge contains one of the only two remaining white pelican colonies
\n in California. Average production is 1,400 pelican fledglings each year.<\/p>\n

\"fish<\/a>
\nTulelake is Only A Couple of Miles to the West –<\/strong>
\nTulelake is less than 20 miles, as the pelican flies, northwest of Clear Lake
\n National Wildlife Refuge. There is a low lying volcanic ridge that separates
\n Tule Lake Basin and Clear Lake Basin. Lost River, 60 miles long, begins at Clear
\n Lake and arcs itself around Carr Butte and Bryant Mountain and ends up entering
\n Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge. 46 miles of Lost River are in Oregon
\n and 14 miles are in California where it begins and ends, less than ten miles
\n from its source. <\/p>\n

\"fish<\/a>
\nHave You Ever Tried to Grab An Unwilling Pelican? –<\/strong>
\nFirst, build a pen and then round up unwilling pelicans. Pelican banding at the Clear
\n Lake Corral. United States Fish and Wildlife have been banding young pelicans
\n at Clear Lake since 1963. Controlling young pelicans is not an easy task.<\/p>\n

\"u.s.<\/a>
\nWhere Do Pelicans Go And Come From? –<\/strong>
\nU.S. Fish and Wildlife bands young pelicans at Clear Lake to see where the pelicans
\n go and how their general health is. This is their northern grounds. They arrive
\n here in early March from the California Central Valley, Mexico and
\n Central America. They leave by early November. A few will stay longer.<\/p>\n

\"pelican<\/a>
\nNot All Pelican Eggs Hatch and Not All Youngsters Survive –<\/strong>
\nLife can be harsh for those trying to survive. Above we can see the footprints
\n of hopefully successful fledglings, two carcasses, side by side, and eggs that
\n most likely will be food for other creatures since all living creatures have
\n needs – primarily water, food, and shelter<\/p>\n

\"u.s.<\/a>
\nIt is Hot, Noisy and Dirty But Someone Has to Do It –<\/strong>
\nThese pelican fledglings are 50 some days old. Their parents flew off in the
\n morning to catch fish to eat in the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife
\n Refuges. On this day, 97 pelicans were banded. <\/p>\n

\"u.s.<\/a>
\nTo Better Understand Our Friends the American white Pelicans –<\/strong>
\nRetrieved bands provide information on pelican longevity, dispersal and
\n migratory patterns. There is a price to pay: the banding scene is chaotic
\n and disturbed young pelicans have long beaks.<\/p>\n

\"pelican<\/a>
\nSome Think This Is An Example Of Where the Term “Horny” Comes From –<\/strong>
\nA seasonal \u201chorn\u201d appears on the upper bill of both pelican sexes at the
\n beginning of breeding season and persists until the young hatch. As the
\n summer wanes, the horns become weathered and jagged, eventually falling off.
\n These can be found in large numbers on breeding grounds.<\/p>\n

\"pbs<\/a>
\nOnly A Few Have The Privilege of Experiencing This Moment –<\/strong>
\nThis trip to Clear lake National Wildlife Refuge’s pelican rookery took place
\n on June 29, 2005. Joining the banding expedition was a PBS TV crew from
\n Portland, Oregon. The heat, dust and general chaos, makes work challenging
\n for a camera-person. The bottom right hand photo is a photo taken on August
\n 18, 1992 when the lake was going dry from drought. Droughts have revisited
\n several times including the 2001 Klamath Project water shutoff and on-going
\n 2012 -14 drought. Drought and flood, feast and famine, are the nature of
\n things throughout geologic history. <\/p>\n

\"u.s.<\/a>
\nSoon, the Banding Will Be Done And the Strange Humans Will Leave – <\/strong>
\nThe pelican banding expedition, which left Tulelake’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife
\n headquarters before sunrise, will depart the rocky island around noon.
\n There will be few signs that humans were here, and those that remain will be
\n erased by time, winds, lapping shoreline and pelican tracks.<\/p>\n

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To see more about Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

To see more aboutClear Lake Dam and Reservoir Refuge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a92014 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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