Eight brown pelicans in flight. The Brown Pelican is the only exclusively marine member of the pelican family, and the only one that regularly dives for its food.
Hand Painted glass slide of American White Pelicans at Malheur lake. Taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area that would later help Malheur in becoming a bird refuge that year.
On June 23, 2010, the United States Coast Guard arrived at Signature Flight Airport, New Orleans in two HC-144 cargo planes to transport 63 rehabilitated pelicans to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.
There are 1,300 brown pelican nests on Breton Island. Brown pelicans have recently been downlisted from endangered to threatened. Photo taken on May 3, 2010 as the oil spill approaches the Gulf Coast. Boom can be seen in the background.
There are 1,300 brown pelican nests on Breton Island. Brown pelicans have recently been downlisted from endangered to threatened. Photo taken on May 3, 2010 as the oil spill approaches the Gulf Coast. Boom can be seen in the background.