The colony upriver of The Dalles is now home to 5,000 breeding adult pelicans, according to a 2024 population estimate by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The big birds are agile for their size ... There are two species of pelicans in the province, the American White Pelican and the Brown Pelican which is not as common. They migrate north and ...
The unheard-of estimate of 500 pelicans at the main unit of Ottawa refuge came during a careful monthly bird-species census by trained observers on Nov. 3. (Photo courtesy of Ottawa NWR) The continued ...