The California brown pelican was listed as an endangered species decades ago after the spread of the chemical DDT caused the shells of their eggs to thin. The eggs became so fragile that nesting ...

The eastern brown pelican weighs only eight pounds, but its body is four feet long and its wingspan stretches to six or seven feet. In the United States, eastern brown pelicans range from Maryland ...

eastern brown pelicans remain in their breeding range year-round, though some populations undertake post-breeding migrations. In the Gulf of Mexico, the pelican is largely nonmigratory. BREEDING: ...

On Feb. 26, the commission learned of a pelican die off on ... plan to combat bird flu, lower egg prices The island is a known nesting and breeding area for brown pelicans, Turner said, which ...