Nancy, another one for you. This one in Key West.

A Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). I have been extremely impressed with the recovery of the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). The Brown Pelican is another success story.

The use of DDT was banned by the EPA in 1972. In part because of that action Brown Pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009.

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