Pelican '50N' appeared on the front page of USA Today's money section after a long stay at the Seabird Station. When he arrived at the Seabird Station he had a fish hook in his mouth, a neck wound, a leg injury, a torn pouch and a fish hook lodged in his esophagus.
Although small, our facility is frequented by many wild birds. Some of these birds even nest on our property. The cormorants in this photo nested on our property early in January 2004 and hatched the chick in this photo in February.
This was the first Pileated Woodpecker we had ever received. His nest, in Miami Shores, was destroyed in a storm during the spring of 2004. He grew up in one of our aviaries before being released back into his original neighborhood
The Seabird Station is located on a beautiful stretch of Biscayne Bay between the City of Miami and the beaches. This is the view from our facility looking northeast across the bay. In additional to a wide number of shorebird and seabird species, this section of the bay is also frequented by dolphins and manatees.
This little shrike was found in a playground at a public elementary school in Miami.
Frigatebirds need to be kept off of the ground, so feeding this bird takes a big ladder and patience.
These immature Least Terns were washed off of a flat roof, where their parents had nested, on Biscayne Bay.
We found this baby pelican resting on his nest in Biscayne Bay. New condominiums are rising in the background. Loss of habitat continues to be a major threat to the stability of the pelican population.
