No one expects the diving ducks to return in the numbers ... Until a natural fish kill last spring, fishing had been pretty good on Pelican Lake for 10 years. Last January, Bengtson said there ...

and the California brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) make dives onto schooling fish from impressive heights or float on the surface to scavenge fish. A dive from 30 to 60 feet up ...

A pelican rescued at Union Reservoir last week swallowed a fishing lure and had a fishing line wrapped around its wing and ...

Though pelicans are fully capable of fishing for themselves ... off the water weight from the dive, and that little pause was all it took for the hungry pelican to close the gap and its gaping ...

They circle over the water looking for fish close to the surface. Then they go for it, diving headfirst — often from 50 to 60 feet in the air. This iconic feat appears to have inspired pelican ...

No one expects the diving ducks to return in ... funding has been spent to acquire Pelican Lake shoreland — including about 1,200 acres in U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Waterfowl Production ...