These birds lay their eggs in nests in trees or on the ground on islands. They do not like to be disturbed. Once there were over 85,000 pelicans living in Louisiana. Around 1960, the bird began to disappear. Scientists think they were killed by an agricultural pesticide that found its way into the food chain.
Pelicans breed at their place of birth.
Now about 1,600 nesting pairs live in Louisiana. The coastline of Louisiana is eroding and sinking at a rate of 35 to 50 square miles a year and this is harming the pelicans coastal habitat. Therefore it is very important that the people of Texas do their part in protecting the brown pelicans found along our coastal areas.