The Chesapeake Bay Brown Pelican, once almost extinct in Hampton Roads, have rebounded and there are now thousands of nesting pairs in coastal Virginia and North Carolina. The resurgence of this species has led to the Federal Government wanting to remove them from the Endangered Species list. The population of Brown Pelicans grew so quickly in the Mid-Atlantic region, after the Government banned DDT in 1972, that the US Fish and wildlife service dropped its endangered status for Virginia and North Carolina populations in 1985. Both Brown Pelicans pictured below were shot in the community of Phoebus in Hampton, Virginia.
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