Talk:American White Pelican

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Photographs in the dozens of this species can be used here or for any non-profit environmental educational effort from the web site http://birdsofsanibel.free.fr/. The photographer, Peter Wallack, has the cover and 18 full pages in the March 2005 book publication "National Geographics Field Guide To The Birds of Florida."

This seems like promotional material that doesn't belong in an article about a particular species of pelican. 24.148.136.181 18:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I changed the statement "This species is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1972" to "Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918" because I feel that this is what the author was trying to say. The law originated in 1918; it was amended in 1972, but this did not affect the pelican. Note: The MBTA of 1918 covers almost all American bird species, plus quite a few non-native species, so this info is probably not especially important to this article. Read more here: http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/intrnltr/mbta/mbtintro.html --Greensheep 23:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wintering

I commonly see white pelicans in the vicinity of Alton IL all winter. They inhabit the backwaters along with swans, Canadian geese and various ducks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.96.14 (talk) 14:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)