The Washington Post published a good story about this yesterday. Here is 
the link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010803717.html

June

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June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
tweekiebird|AT|southernspreadwing.com
http://SouthernSpreadwing.com



On 1/9/2010 9:56 PM, Harry Armistead wrote:

BROWN PELICANS AT RISK, WINTER OF 2010.

I’ve just received some information from John Weske that 29 Brown 
Pelicans were recently received at Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, 
Inc., in Newark, Delaware. They are suffering from the cold, some with 
frostbite, and were captured after they became too weak to fly. Most 
(all?) were captured in St. Mary’s County, MD, but the 12 that were 
banded had been tagged in NC or else in the central Chesapeake but in 
Virginia. One was a Holland Island, MD, bird.

The conventional wisdom, from other winters, is that these are 
inexperienced birds that did not migrate when they should have. However, 
12 of the 29 were banded and several of those were not birds of the year 
in 2009. All were banded as chicks.
With the cold weather continuing it seems likely there will be more 
pelicans at risk. Already some have died before being rescued. I believe 
the Washington Post is doing, or has done, a story on the problems 
pelicans are having this winter.

Tri-State does good work. Consider supporting them. For one reason, the 
pelicans are expensive, consuming lots of herring. On their website the 
pelis are the lead item. 302-737-9543, answered from 9-5 every day. 110 
Possum Hollow Road, Newark, Delaware 19711. <www.tristatebird.org>. 
Their winter hours are 8-5 seven days a week. I didn’t see a general 
e-mail on their website and I don’t know if my posting will result in a 
deluge of correspondence to a person who is probably already extremely 
busy but … here goes … Erica Miller is a vet there at: 


Best to all.
– Harry Armistead, Philadelphia.