Migration drops a crowd of pelicans
Welcome to the pelican convention. If you ve been to the beaches lately or cruised around Coos Bay, it s been hard to miss these lumbering visitors. Thousands of brown pelicans have converged on the south and central Oregon coast, with fall migration...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 358.0

Chetco's giant salmon spawn controversy
BROOKINGS (AP) Despite having only a sliver of the Chetco River open to angling this month, John Martin of Klamath Falls does not lament the loss of upstream fishing access. He drops his anchovy into the estuary between the jetties, then motors his...
4.3K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 69.0

Brown pelicans making an unseasonable appearance
Column by Marty Giles Brown pelicans making an unseasonable appearance A wonderful bird is the pelican; His mouth can hold more than his belican. He can hold in his beak Enough food for a week; I'm damned if I know how the helican! Dixon Lanier Merri...
4.2K - Jan. 10, 2009; scored 732.0

Experts baffled by increase of ailing brown pelicans
LOS ANGELES Wildlife experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,000 miles of coastline. The birds, some of them dead, have been spotted from San F...
3.4K - Jan. 7, 2009; scored 1000.0