Oregon Field Guide

Brown Pelicans

Clip: Season 21 Episode 2111 | 10m 18s  | Video has closed captioning.

The brown pelican has rebounded so successfully, the government has removed it from the endangered species list. Today, the largest pelican roost site in the Northwest sits in Oregon. But when thousands of pelicans lingered too long, winter storms caused severe injuries. Volunteers with the Wildlife Center of the North Coast rushed to save them, nurse them and months later, release them to the wil

Aired: 02/25/10

Rating: TV-G

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