Late Spring Storm Caused 30% Loss to Alcatraz Brandts Cormorant Colony (U.S. National Park Service)

Late Spring Storm Caused 30% Loss to Alcatraz Brandts Cormorant Colony (U.S. National Park Service).

This year, a large multi-day rainstorm flooded 537 Brandts cormorant nests on Alcatraz Island.

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Web Site

Date of Issue

2026-09-30

Units

SFAN

Keywords

alcatraz, birds, blog, Brandts cormorants, Breeding, Cormorants, island, monitoring, nesting, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Bay Area, seabirds, severe weather, SFAN, storm

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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

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