A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. La Jolla, USA
Stock Photo: 22572 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA Format: Digital 2:3 Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: animal, animalia, aves, bird, brown pelican, california, california brown pelican, choke, chordata, cleaning, debris, entanglement, entanglement injury, environmental issues problems, garbage, grooming, harm, injury, la jolla, la jolla pelicans, neck, occidentalis, pelecanidae, pelecaniformes, pelecanus, pelecanus occidentalis, pelecanus occidentalis californicus, pelican, plastic, plastic bag, pollution, preen, preening, san diego, strangle, trash, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife |