Many large-billed water birds sit on shore while others fly overhead.
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created
10/04/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Pelicans thrive at Breton National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana after a major 2022 Breton Island restoration meant to help undo harm from erosion and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.
Facility
Breton National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Coastal
Species
Pelecanidae
Subject tags
Coastal restoration
Habitat restoration
Human impacts
Islands
Water birds
Wildlife refuges