CAPITOLA — After coming to the aid of a brown pelican that was entangled in fishing line off Capitola earlier this week, a local family was amazed at what happened next. The bird seemingly sought additional help from them. The drama unfolded Tuesday in a kelp bed...
LIVE OAK — Molly Richardson, patron saint of the county’s sick, injured and abandoned wildlife, died Saturday after a brief illness. She was 85. A native of India who came to America by way of New Zealand, Richardson settled in Pacific Grove, where she was...
SANTA CRUZ — The bird lady of 17th Avenue ducks under Tibetan prayer flags and into a makeshift lab that was partly built, she says, by a Caltrans worker sentenced to community service for illegally washing away seven swallow nests. Inside are dozens of birds being...