Ok so Sunday I got to go out with some people to band brown pelicans. I did not know that they were endangered until last year when they got unlisted. The major reasons they became endangered was from habitat loss and also from problems arising from the pesticide DDT . See, DDT made the eggs brittle and weaker, and pelicans incubate eggs with their feet. So eggs were getting crushed and other whatnot. Anyways, DDT was banned along time ago and efforts from private and federal have helped these birds come back. But they still need to be watched over. SSOOOooo.. I got to band them. neat huh!
