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Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.
Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs more work.
A toxic chemical produced by algae has been detected in some sick California brown pelicans that are being found in record numbers along the West Coast, though researchers don't believe it's the primary cause of their widespread illness, wildlife experts said Friday.
A cunning predator that hunts in packs, corners prized game species and devours them whole is angering sportsmen in this eastern Idaho RV hamlet on the Blackfoot Reservoir's wind-whipped shores.
Miles from the shoreline, 10 baby brown pelicans lounge by a pool in a roomy cage, large buckets of fish there for the taking. Just days ago, these birds could not feed themselves at all. Scores of starving baby pelicans — emaciated, cold and too weak to fly — are washing up on California beaches in disturbing numbers this spring.
No prosecution in bird-beating case---For the first article about the incident, which gives more details, go to My comment section below for the link.--- Excerpt: The Orange County District Attorney's office has decided not to press charges against a tourist from Kansas who was accused of beating a seagull afte …
My family has spent a week in New Smyrna Beach Florida for the past dozen years. We rent a few condo units in July and have a good-sized gathering. We've booked at a new and rather swanky resort for next summer.
Worst breeding season threatens pelicans' future | NEWS.com.auALARM bells are sounding for the future of the Australian pelican after the worst breeding season in history at the most important rookery in South Australia. Not one chick hatched from 350 nests on the key breeding island of Pelican Point, off Adelaide's Outer Harbor.
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