pelicans

The number of pelicans and other shorebirds with hooks in their pouches or stomachs, or fishing line wrapped tight around their legs or beaks dropped by 58 percent across the region after Hurricane Ian in 2022.

The rescue group Friends of the Pelicans says some 16 disfigured birds have been found at the pier since Jan. 9.

Seven pelicans returned to the waters north of downtown St. Petersburg after recovering from an illness that killed about 60 birds in the same rookery....

Officials are trying to figure out why pelicans are dying in St. Petersburg.

It's an all too-common sight on Tampa Bay and the surrounding area – pelicans with fishing hooks and line caught in their throats or tangled around wings,…