Q. On a coastal eco-tour in South Carolina, our guide pointed out brown pelicans and white ones. A bird map on the internet shows brown pelicans in the region, but not white pelicans. How many kinds ...

The eastern brown pelican weighs only eight pounds, but its body is four feet long and its wingspan stretches to six or seven feet. In the United States, eastern brown pelicans range from Maryland ...

I laughed when a birder with a sense of humor referred to the brown pelican as “a dove designed by a committee.” That seemed like an appropriate description for this large, uniquely designed, ...

Pelicans on Hauser Lake A flock of pelicans feed on Hauser Lake on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The pelican is one of the largest birds in North America, with a 9-foot wingspan. Populations breeding east ...

Since News 8 first reported on a bird rarely seen in Pennsylvania taking up residence along the Susquehanna River, we've been getting more reports of sightings.Stephanie Weisser shared additional ...

Sanibel Island's a long way from the Nile, but a great white pelican has appeared at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge there — a good 4,000 miles from its home range, and the first time ...

A species of bird with a 9-foot wingspan not commonly seen in the Lowcountry was spotted in Beaufort County on Wednesday. Capt. Chip Michalove, owner of Outcast Sport Fishing, saw a group of American ...

ST. PETERSBURG (FOX 13) - People notice when the snowbirds arrive in Pinellas County. At Ft. Desoto Park, the term is literal. Huge, migratory, white pelicans recently arrived from their homes up ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Imagine a cargo plane so huge it could hold 10 railroad locomotives in its bay, or 35 fully loaded semitrailer trucks, or 1,000 Volkswagen New Beetles. In other words, picture ...

In a Facebook post by the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy on Wednesday, May 21, a brown pelican was recently spotted in the Saginaw River. The creature had a fishing lure and tackle tangled up and ...