Swamps and Southern Shores - Continued
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B5996.tif Whooping Crane (Grus americana) feeding on crab (I believe this
is a young blue crab) in pond in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
March. |

B5997.tif Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) feeding along edge of Intracoastal
Waterway, Texas. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. March.
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B5998.tif Whooping Cranes (Grus americana). Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge, Texas. March. |

B5995.tif Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) Aransas National Wildlife Refuge,
Texas. March. |

ml914.tif Manatee (Trich echus manatus), Florida. |

ss1228.tif Brown pelican adults with young
on nest (Pelecanus occidentalis), Pinellas NWR, FL.
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b5387.tif Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) |

b5397.tif Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) fighting over fish.
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ss1277.tif Brown Pelican nesting (Pelecanus
occidentalis), Egmont Key NWR, FL.
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ss1233.tif Nesting brown pelicans (Pelecanus
occidentalis), Meritt Island NWR, FL.
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ss1274.tif Monument to Paul Kroegel, first wildlife warden 1903-1926,
for our first national wildlife refuge, Pelican Island, established
March 14, 1903. This monument stands today in Sebastian, FL. Paul protected
pelicans and wading birds from plume and egg hunters.
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