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Brown pelican with chicks By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

Thanks to Fishmonster for making the call about this extremely weak, underweight and dehydrated first-year Brown Pelican! We just made the rescue behind Conch Republic. The Pelican has been administered fluids, warmed up, and treated for parasites to begin rehabilitation in our clinic. Thanks to all involved in this rescue.

Brown Pelican

3/13/24

Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

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Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae (pelicans)

Photo credit: Grigory Heaton via Macaulay Library

Air dry

Sebastian Inlet, FL - Nov 23

Brown pelican stare down

“ A Brown Pelican chill’n “ // Ayla

Music:  ChillHop - Lofi & Chill (Instrumental)

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis)

Brown Pelican

Brown pelican By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

Four more Brown Pelicans returned to the wild this morning! All four were first-year birds that had been rescued weak and underweight. They were released this morning after rehabilitation was complete at our center.

Brown Pelican

A Return to the Skies

This is a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) shortly after in plunged into the ocean. Now the bird is flying again, it will rise again to an altitude where it can continue hunting. I chose this photo because it shows the short pelican's tail.

"The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction." - allaboutbirds.org

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