Portrait of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage

Portrait of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT. Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009. La Jolla, USA, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 40018
Portrait of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT. Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009. La Jolla, USA

This image is featured in: La Jolla Seabirds in Late December

Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40018
Format: Digital 4:3
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