Record #:

5210

Author(s):

Kowite, Lisa

Abstract:

Once classified as endangered, the brown pelican is staging a comeback. At one time the only known nesting flock in the 1970s was on Ocracoke. Kowite discusses reasons why the pelican became endangered and how it survived to thrive in North Carolina.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2002, p26-29, il

Subject(s):

Brown pelican; Endangered species