Tag: pelicans

January 22, 2021

Watch: Efforts under way to restore Louisiana pelican rookery

Louisiana’s Breton Island is a tiny piece of land in the Gulf of Mexico, but it plays an important role for nesting pelicans and other seabirds. Coastal restoration efforts are...

January 6, 2021

Work begins to expand Louisiana pelican rookery

Coastal restoration efforts have begun on an important island for pelicans and other seabirds in Louisiana. The project would more than double the size of North Breton Island, adding an...

January 3, 2018

Political instability main factor in waterbird conservation

Even more than climate change, human population growth or their own species characteristics, waterbird species across the globe seem to be declining mostly from political instability and weak governance, according...

July 11, 2017

Drought reclaims habitat for North Dakota pelicans

Drought has been stressing crops and worrying farmers across the country, but it could be a blessing in disguise for pelicans in North Dakota, where it’s preserving breeding areas vulnerable...

August 13, 2015

Banding the Bay’s Pelicans

Early on a beautiful July morning professionals from local wildlife agencies and volunteers met at a Crisfield, Maryland boat ramp. Our destination? Smith Island, a small series of islands on...

Mexican seabirds
July 1, 2015

Overfishing, Climate Change Push Mexican Seabirds North

Climate change and overfishing is pushing a colony of seabirds from their native Mexican nesting grounds into California. “The problem for the elegant terns is not only the temperature anomalies...