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PHOTO RELEASE: Baby Pelicans Transferred To Miami to Continue Recovery

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MIAMI – A staff member from Pelican Harbor Seabird Station watches as aircrew members of a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Ala., reposition crates with baby brown pelicans. The pelicans, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, arrived Saturday, July 11, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks were transported to Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami where they will remain until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum.
MIAMI -– A staff member from Pelican Harbor Seabird Station watches as aircrew members of a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Mobile, Ala., reposition crates with baby brown pelicans. The pelicans, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, arrived Saturday, July 11, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks were transported to Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami where they will remain until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum.
MIAMI - Amanda Dolinski, a staff member at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami, checks over one of the 45 baby pelicans that were transported to Pelican Harbor Saturday, while Kristin Castellon, the rehabilitation manager, completes the process paperwork. The pelicans, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, arrived Saturday, July 11, 2010, via a Coast Guard aircraft from New Orleans, and had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks will remain at Pelican Harbor until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum.
MIAMI - Amanda Dolinski, a staff member at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami, checks over one of the 45 baby pelicans that were transported to Pelican Harbor Saturday, while Kristin Castellon, the rehabilitation manager, completes the process paperwork. The pelicans, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, arrived Saturday, July 11, 2010, via a Coast Guard aircraft from New Orleans, and had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks will remain at Pelican Harbor until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum
MIAMI - Amanda Dolinski, a staff member at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami, carries a baby brown pelican to its new, temporary home. The baby is one of 45 that were transported to Pelican Harbor Saturday, July 10, 2010, via a Coast Guard aircraft from New Orleans, and had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks will remain at Pelican Harbor until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum.
MIAMI - Amanda Dolinski, a staff member at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami, carries a baby brown pelican to its new, temporary home. The baby is one of 45 that were transported to Pelican Harbor Saturday, July 10, 2010, via a Coast Guard aircraft from New Orleans, and had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. The chicks will remain at Pelican Harbor until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum

MIAMI – A baby brown pelican checks out his new, temporary home at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami following a four-hour plane ride, 30-minute van ride and check-in process. The chick is part of a group of 45, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, that were transported to Pelican Harbor Saturday, July 10, 2010, via a Coast Guard aircraft from New Orleans. The chicks had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and were previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. They will remain at Pelican Harbor until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum.
MIAMI – A baby brown pelican checks out his new, temporary home at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami following a four-hour plane ride, 30-minute van ride and check-in process. The chick is part of a group of 45, ranging in age from 5-to-10 weeks old, that were transported to Pelican Harbor Saturday, July 10, 2010, via a Coast Guard aircraft from New Orleans. The chicks had been impacted in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and were previously cared for at Fort Jackson Bird Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La. They will remain at Pelican Harbor until they can fly and be released into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum.

 

 

 

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