Banding a pelican

Two biologists put a leg band on a young brown pelican

Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created

12/01/2021

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

We monitor the brown pelicans and other birds that nest on the refuge to assess population trends.

Facility

Breton National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Species

Pelecanus occidentalis

Subject tags

Bird banding

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