Today we celebrate the remarkable recovery of the brown pelican from the brink of extinction.
The state bird of Louisiana, the brown pelican was nearly wiped out in the state and throughout its ranges along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic coast and in southern California.
Today, more than 650,000 can be found across Florida, and the Gulf and Pacific coasts, as well as in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Please take a moment to share your views on this landmark conservation victory.
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I applaud the efforts taken to insure the habitat and future of the brown pelican. They are magnificent birds I am no stranger to here in Florida. With well over half a million now in the South, this should give them a stronghold and the ability to continue to propagate and increase in numbers. I only hope that the Whooping cranes, with only about 350 birds in the wild total, can recover and do even a fraction as well. Their numbers are down and the efforts to get them to propagate in the new Eastern Introduced Flock between Wisconsin and Florida have proved almost a failure, with one bird fledged and still alive this past 9 years. Their story is quite different from the brown pelicans, but hopefully will soon have an equally fruitful and happy ending.
Mark Chenoweth
Whoopers Happening
http://whoopershappening.com
I am very excited about the brown pelican's recovery! It is relieving to know that these species are strong enough to recover from being endangered. I am very happy to hear this!
The incredible brown pelican is now skimming the Washington State coast at Westport. So wonderful to see I've been using them in my art work. Devon
It's so great to see so many pelicans now at the beach flying singly and in groups, skimming the water, and diving. I remember when their numbers were dwindling and sightings were rare. I feel a great deal of happiness about this resurgence and am thankful for all the efforts to bring this about.
In 2008, my family moved to North Padre Island, so we have the great fortune to see the Brown Pelicans everyday. Theirs is such a profound story of environmental success, and it gives me hope that we can do the same for other threatened and endangered species. Thanks to everyone who worked for this very positive outcome.
It would be helpful to the cause of species preservation for the U.S. Government to end its decades-long viciously thorough suppression of new energy inventions. For instance the U.S. Patent Office, in order to protect the fossil fuel and power companies, has unfairly classified secret 5000 energy patents. For details see http://www.energysuppression.com.
What a nice news! No matter how far and how remote the distance between us but my happiness from heart remains never changed for this exciting and blissful news for the return of this bird in this friendly nature!
That's GREAT!! This is what the Endangered Species Act should be accomplishing. Let make sure that no one in the government ever tries to weaken it. Of course, what would be better is that no species become endangered.
A huge applause and a thousand thank you's to all those who helped make this happen,i hope that like you someday i can get to help as much as you guys do,CONGRATS I HOPE WE CAN DO THIS FOR MANY MORE MORE SPECIES, FOR ALL OF THEM =D
This is WONDERFUL news for the birds in the United States, especially the Brown Pelican.
I have heard that a major U.S. corporation is still manufacturing DDT and selling it outside of the U.S., specifically to West Africa. I have also heard that this is picked up in the loess and transported over the Atlantic Ocean where it settles out over the Caribbean reefs and is contributing to the bleaching problem…is there anyone reading this blog who can either verify this or negate it (I am hoping for the later).
Thank you!
I cannot tell you how thrilled we were to read in our newspaper the Brown Pelican has been saved! They are such beautiful, magnificent birds and are one of our very favorite birds. The first time we saw them nesting in a small tree, we just couldn't believe it. It made us laugh and love them even more!
The hard work is, unfortunately, never done. We must continue to save all our precious wildlife!
Thank you for helping make all this happen! What a great victory for the Brown Pelican and us!
Gentlemen, I am very happy about this wonderful success story. Persistance pays off! Thank you for all you have done and have courage in going ahead with saving so many other animals and plants!I am glad to be associated with you.
I LOVE the Brown Pelican and I'm lucky enough to get to see them every day here on our South Bay Los Angeles beaches. I live on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and right off our shore is one of the largest DDT dumps in history. The ban on DDT has worked and we need to use that lesson to now ban the use of fossil fuels which will not only make a mockery of all the work we've done to protect other species, but is already making a mockery out of the legacy we now leave our children.
I want our kids and their kids to be able to thrill and marvel over the flight and feeding of the magnificent Brown Pelicans as our generation has been able to. But unless we treat global warming as the crisis it now is we will be the first generation that turns this planet over to the next in far worse shape then we received it.
No excuses. We need to rapidly transom to a clean, green economy and we need to do it right now.
I was truly happy to hear of the Brown Pelican comeback of sorts. It is about time we start thinking seriously of how important each animal is to each other and ultimately us!!
My support and deep admiration goes to all the participants that made possible the recovery of the Brown Pelican. This will not only promote the biodiversity in their habitats but also balance the ecology and food chain of all species! sometimes we have to look at the smaller ones to create a big impact, with that said, the Brown Pelican will ultimately restore the ecological niche of many other species!! Hooray!!!!
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