During nesting the head is white, sometimes speckled, and the neck is brown. Males have larger bills and weigh more than females. HABITAT: Outside of Florida, the pelican primarily nests on islands in ...

In Ashley Stimpson's story on “feathered field assistants,” we illustrate (quite colorfully!) how scientists are enlisting ...

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 ...

The Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, which works in cooperation with the Hobe Sound Nature Center, ...

Pelican Island, located in the Indian River Lagoon, was designated as America's first national wildlife refuge in 1903. The island serves as a crucial nesting habitat for brown pelicans and over ...

Pelican Island was established as wilderness by Congress in 1970, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is the last remaining nesting habitat for brown pelicans and other wading ...