Fish and Wildlife Service employee Bands Brown Pelican

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Hollingsworth, John and Karen/USFWS

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FWS personnel banding a Brown Pelican. Pelicans almost disappeared from Texas because they were poisoned by the pesticide DDT, which caused them to lay thin-shelled eggs which broke during incubation. Because they were not able to produce young, the numb
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Endangered and/or Threatened species
Birds