Currently, the bird is listed as a Tier 1 Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Louisiana Wildlife Action Plan, according to Audubon Delta. The Piping Plover is a small, migratory shorebird ...

CHAUVIN - Sliding off the side of her small boat ... standing with his brightly colored bird portraits. The brown pelican “is a symbol of Louisiana, just like the eagle is a symbol of America ...

Hounded by hunters and fishermen, driven to near-extinction by chemical pollution, the brown pelican has survived ... The plight of Louisiana's state bird is emblematic of dangers the disaster ...

(CNN)-- Long before the brown pelican came to symbolize the tragedy of the Gulf oil spill, the giant bird stood for something much greater: survival against all odds. The state bird of Louisiana ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The colder winter months are prime time in Louisiana for birdwatchers to spot different species. Many of the birds are here ... walk through Joe Brown Park in New Orleans ...

But the nesting birds make them home during spring and summer months. The brown pelican and the other colonial species have had a troubled history in Louisiana over the past two centuries ...