International Bird Rescue has released back into the wild the first Southern California group of 11 rehabilitated brown pelicans that were found starving or injured off California in mid-April, and more pelicans are expected to join them June 6.
JD Bergeron, CEO of International Bird Rescue, told City News Service that 11 birds returned to their natural habitat—the first group of some 165 that are being taken care of in Southern California. He described the release as “picture perfect.'’
