Category: Threatened due to DDT & other pollutants

  • A Comeback

    A Comeback

    Not the sort of bird I normally see. A trip out of my usual mountain environment allowed me to see a Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Declared endangered in 1970 under the Endangered Species Conservation Act. Threatened with extinction due to DDT and other pollutants. And like the Bald Eagle which is surprising me left and…