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The Brown and Peruvian Pelicans

10,000 Birds

The Peruvian Pelican is restricted to the cold water of the Humboldt Current along the coast of Peru and Chile. Abandoned fishing line also threatens pelicans along with many marine animals. The Brown Pelican occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America and northern South America.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. The following decades continued the great expansion, and it was recorded breeding in Canada in 1962 and Chile by 1970. I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis.

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