Florida - Wildlife officials investigate a dozen pelican deaths in Brevard

[sharon sanders]

?The birds had no external signs of injury,? said Kevin Baxter, spokesman for the state?s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg.

?We encourage people to report dead birds to MyFWC.com/bird,? he said of the state?s online bird surveillance system.


http://www.floridatoday.com/article...probe-mysterious-brown-pelican-deaths-Brevard

 

[Emily]

Re: Florida - Wildlife officials investigate a dozen pelican deaths in Brevard

Pelican deaths along Indian River stump Fla. officials

"I might see one (dead) once in a blue moon," Tim Carlisle of Palm Shores Public Works tells News 13. "But for this many popping up on the shore, it's unexplained. ... We were thinking maybe it's the fish, or somebody doing something to them."