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Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults.  This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. La Jolla, USA, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus.  Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com
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Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. La Jolla, USA, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus. Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com

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From gallery: San Diego Pictures, Stock Photos of San Diego
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Date: 26 Dec 2007
Location: La Jolla California USA
Credit: Phillip Colla / Oceanlight.com
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