Tulare Lake - Botulism Incident

Impacted Birds

Last updated 9 November 2023 at 1000

The information below is specific to live birds recovered from the field and brought in for care and does not include all impacted birds.

Recovered Birds (by species)
Species Number
American Avocet 1
American Coot 75
American White Pelican 13
American Wigeon 7
Black Crowned Night Heron 3
Black-Necked Stilt 85
Blue-winged Teal 9
Caspian Tern 2
Cattle Egret 2
Cinnamon Teal 6
Eared Grebe 9
Forster's Tern 1
Gadwall 2
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 4
Greater Yellowlegs 3
American Green-Winged Teal 96
Herring Gull 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 92
Mallard 37
Marbled Godwit 4
Northern Shoveler 506
Northern Pintail 57
Redhead 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Ring-necked Duck 3
Ruddy Duck 31
Snowy Egret 8
Sora 2
Unidentified shorebird 1
White-Faced Ibis 152
Wilson's Phalarope 2
GRAND TOTAL 1,223
Date Admitted In Care (Onsite) In Care (Offsite) Died/Euthanized Released
24 Aug 55 48 0 5 1
25 Aug 0 39 0 9 0
26 Aug 0 0 35 4 0
27 Aug 0 0 33 2 0
28 Aug 0 0 33 1 0
29 Aug 0 0 32 1 0
30 Aug 0 0 32 0 0
31 Aug 0 0 2 2 28
1 Sep 0 0 2 0 0
2 Sep 0 0 2 0 0
3 Sep 0 0 2 0 0
4 Sep 0 0 2 0 0
5 Sep 53 48 1 5 0
6 Sep 33 79 1 2 0
7 Sep 28 59 32 5 0
8 Sep 63 104 43 7 0
9 Sep 0 62 42 16 27
10 Sep 0 25 78 0 0
11 Sep 72 86 76 3 0
12 Sep 58 130 43 13 31
13 Sep 14 106 59 20 15
14 Sep 26 132 40 - 23
15 Sep 0 110 39 - 18
16 Sep 0 95 38 - 18
17 Sep 70 - - - 0
18 Sep 82 - - - 39
19 Sep 61 - - 47 37
20 Sep 19 158 42 11 0
21 Sep 11 126 41 0 42
22 Sep 27 181 45 0 8
23 Sep 0 107 44 0 22
24 Sep 0 67 40 0 30
25 Sep 37 103 4 2 19
26 Sep 9 67 8 0 17
27 Sep 43 - - 0 0
28 Sep 24 97 19 - 18
29 Sep 26 103 - - 8
30 Sep 0 73 6 - 22
1 Oct 0 52 6 5 22
2 Oct  26 77 9 2 0
3 Oct 12 71 9 8 12
4 Oct - - - 0 24
5 Oct 32 72 8 5 10
6 Oct  - - - 5 9
7 Oct 0 - - 1 0
8 Oct 0 - - 0 19
9 Oct 55 78 8 5 5
10 Oct 75 - - 11 10
11 Oct 12 135 4 20 12
12 Oct 42 151 - 9 16
13 Oct - - - 10 13
14 Oct 0 88 10 4 27
15 Oct 0 - - 2 22
16 Oct - - - 0 3
17 Oct 20 47 9 3 24
18 Oct - 49 8 1 14
19 Oct 12 41 6 4 16
20 Oct 6 38 8 2 5
21 Oct 0 35 9 2 0
22 Oct 0 - - 0 1
23 Oct 13 63 6 3 10
24 Oct 15 57 8 1 9
25 Oct 10 - - 5 4
26 Oct 4 52 8 3 3
27 Oct 4 36 6 2 20
28 Oct 0 - - 0 1
29 Oct 0 40 10 1 0
30 Oct 5 20 6 2 17
31 Oct 21 37 8 4 0
1 Nov 0 32 8 - 0
2 Nov 2 32 8 - 0
3 Nov 4 16 7 1 19
4 Nov 0 14 9 0 0
5 Nov 0 8 7 0 8
6 Nov 9 12 7 0 4
7 Nov 0 0 - 0 1
8 Nov 0 0 - 1 2
Total 1,223 N/A N/A 337 850