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Bird flu rips through another beloved Bay Area species
“The depth of the data is something we’re really proud of,” Zeka Glucs, the director of the Predatory Bird Research Group at UC Santa Cruz and lead author of the study, told SFGATE. “And while the situation seems grim, as long as there are nests, there is hope.”
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San Jose City Hall falcon brings rat back to nest, raising poisoning fears for chicks
“They were fighting over it,” said Zeka Glucs, director of the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, which works with the City of San Jose to monitor and study the City Hall falcons. But peregrines rarely catch rats, raising fears that the rodent had been poisoned and the young falcons may have ingested toxic…
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Berkeley’s famous falcons are missing as bird flu spreads
Down in Santa Cruz, Dr. Zeka Glucs has been noticing the absence of peregrines as well. She explains what brings us to the coast today. “We’re going to take a look at a nest that has been occupied for about two, three years.” Zeka is the director of the Predatory Bird Research Group at UC…