How to Use brown pelican in a Sentence

brown pelican

noun

• The brown pelican may start nesting in New York state in the next decade, Mr. Iliff said.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• The brown pelican, similar to the brown booby, is a large bird and should not be too hard to spot, Ms. Wolf said.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Staffers were on their way to release a hawk and took in a brown pelican brought in by a man on Fort Myers Beach.
  — Melissa Montoya, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2017
• The group posted a YouTube video Thursday of the brown pelican attempting to grab small fish out of a blue crate.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
• This year has been a difficult one for young brown pelicans.
  — Erin Stone, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2018
• What is likely the same brown pelican around since July resurfaced again, this time at the end of the Pamet Harbor jetty in Truro.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• With its bent, outstretched wings, a lone brown pelican dive-bombs the ocean, skims low, only a few inches above the waves, looking for fish.
  — Donald Platt, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2023
• The state helped bring back the brown pelican and the American alligator from the brink of extinction.
  — Sara Sneath | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Sep. 2020
• State officials expect to have more answers in the next few days about what is happening to the brown pelican.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
• Work has begun to save one of the state's top brown pelican rookeries and seabird habitats from slipping into the Gulf of Mexico.
  — Halle Parker | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• To feed on the fish, several Galápagos sharks appeared, as well as a brown pelican.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
• In February, the Houston Zoo found a cut in the mesh surrounding their brown pelican habitat.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• The exception is the brown pelican, a North American species that divebombs into the water, grabbing fish in the process (watch video).
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
• Officials found three oiled birds Sunday — a brown pelican, an American coot and a duck.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
• Nearly 60 years ago, the California brown pelican was on the brink of extinction.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
• The island supports the only brown pelican colony in southwest Louisiana, and about 1,500 pairs of pelicans were among the nesting birds.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2021
• Adding to the impact, the brown pelican is Louisiana's state bird, and was only recently removed from the endangered species list.
  — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2010
• The lone brown pelican colony in Southwest Louisiana sits on an island that, like the vast majority of the state's coastline, has fallen prey to erosion.
  — Halle Parker | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• Iconic species like the bald eagle, the American alligator, and the brown pelican have recovered and been delisted.
  — Gabriela Chavarria, The Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2019
• Visitors can find walking trails and learn about the local birds like the California brown pelican and plants like the reddish-orange monkey flowers.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
• Because of the ban, affected species including the bald eagle and the brown pelican, which neared extinction, have been able to make stunning recoveries.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Eight birds have been recovered from the oil spill, according to OWCN, including a brown pelican that was euthanized because of a wing injury.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 6 Oct. 2021
• Among the animals it is credited with saving are icons such as the bald eagle, brown pelican, gray wolf, and American alligator.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• By contrast, a few Gulf inhabitants have shown a robust recovery—among them, menhaden fish and the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state bird.
  — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2020
• But today my sole companion was a brown pelican who floated alongside, examining me with a bemused look.
  — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2020
• Also this week, the Houston Zoo discovered mesh around its brown pelican enclosure had been deliberately cut, though the birds were unharmed.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
• Death can come unexpectedly, like for a brown pelican that was found weakened, unable to lift its head, after Hurricane Irma.
  — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• In 1970, the brown pelican was federally classified as an endangered species and was listed as an endangered species in the state of California one year later.
  — NBC News, 17 June 2021
• The brown pelican is another southern bird that has been expanding its range northward because of warming ocean temperatures.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• The brown pelican is another miracle story of recovery once destructive pesticides were removed from use.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024