Green Options » brown pelican http://greenoptions.com/tag/brown-pelican Posts tagged 'brown pelican' Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mystery: Brown Pelicans Dying Along California Coast http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/06/mystery-brown-pelicans-dying-along-california-coast/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/06/mystery-brown-pelicans-dying-along-california-coast/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:38:39 +0000 Marika Collins http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/06/mystery-brown-pelicans-dying-along-california-coast/ Brown Pelican
A disproportionate amount of Brown Pelicans have been dying along the California coast in recent days. This is especially troubling since the pelicans have been on the endangered list since 1970.  The birds were nearly decimated before the chemical pesticide DDT was banned in 1972.

This grim development is being monitored by wildlife conservation and rescue groups including WildRescue, operated by Rebecca Dmytryk.

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