Brown pelican

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Interesting facts

• As recently as the early 1970s, Brown Pelican was seriously endangered.

Description Identification Tips: Length: 41 inches Wingspan: 90 inches Sexes similar Huge, dark bird Long bill with a pouch, dark on Atlantic/Gulf coasts; bill paler along Pacific coast, becomes season. Flies with neck tucked. Plunges from great

heights into water to catch fish .

Brown pelicans fly close to the water.

Habitat

• The Brown Pelican lives near the ground and builds its nest in weeds . It lives around the Gulf Coast and is extremely rare.

Why is the brown pelican endangered?

• The brown pelican is endangered partly because of humans catching them on a hook and over 200 brown pelicans have bin rescued at a wharf and have bin injured last summer.

• . In the late 1970's, there were no Brown Pelicans left in Louisianna due to DDT. In the early 1990's, as their numbers began to increase, Brown Pelicans were moved from the endangered species list and placed on the threatened species list.Currently, their biggest threat comes from loss of habitat

What is being done to help the brown pelican?

• DDT was banned and human disturbances of nesting colonies was also banned.

Resources• http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/endang/birds/bpe

lican.htm• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/pr

intouts/Brownpelicanprintout.shtml• http://www.dfg.ca.gov/te_species/index/

classification/birdslist/pelican.html• http://www.rit.edu/~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/

BrownPelican.html• http://pelicanharbor.bizland.com/pelicansinfo.chtml• http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/eao/

biology/usfw-list/Pelican.htm