What is the State Bird of Louisiana?
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In 1961 they stopped breeding in Louisiana and a few years later disappeared altogether, prompting the legislature to name them the state bird in 1966. After DDT was banned in 1972, they began to recover, and in 1985 eastern Gulf Coast and Atlantic populations were removed from the list, while in 2009 Brown Pelicans were completely de-listed.
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