They live in the sides of bluffs, and can be found at Shell Beach or Montano De Oro Park. Brown Pelicans are huge birds. Their wings span from six to seven feet. These birds are very light for their size. They weigh about eight pounds.
Pelican beaks are long and solid.
Their feet are webbed and soft. Brown Pelicans were endangered about 25 years ago. When a farmer would spray their farms with DDT and a storm would hit, the rain would carry the DDT to the ocean. Then fish would eat it, and the Pelicans would eat the fish and get DDT in their bodies like the fish. When the Pelicans would lay their eggs, the shell was thin and it didn't take much to smash it.