Condition
Dead
Animal
Northern Pintail
Observation Date / Time
Close to Badwater. One theory is that birds get caught in an airstream and end up in Death Valley and think they see water - but it’s really a mirage off the salt flats. Then they die. Or it could just be the heat. But for a water bird, I think it’s the airstream/mirage theory.
url: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56955476
Observer
203878-desertsolitude
Location Description
Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, CA, US