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Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is devastating Bay Area wildlife on multiple fronts: peregrine falcon populations have plummeted 65% in three years, and the virus has now jumped to northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park for the first time, killing approximately 30 animals. Scientists warn the crisis echoes catastrophic marine mammal die-offs in South America and threatens to reshape the region's ecosystem, even as the risk to humans remains low.