Pelican

1 photo · 2011

1 photograph tagged Pelican, 2011.

Related: California La Jolla Pacific Ocean San Diego
Brown pelicans and cormorants rest on rocky outcroppings off La Jolla, California.
Brown pelicans and double-crested cormorants rest on a sandstone outcrop off La Jolla, with a western gull at its edge. The rock sits within the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park and Ecological Reserve, established in 1970 to protect the shoreline from fishing and disturbance. Brown pelicans nearly vanished from the California coast in the 1970s due to DDT contamination before recovering enough to come off the endangered species list in 2009.

Brown Pelicans and Cormorants Roost on a La Jolla Rock

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