In the crest, the mother pelican is vulning herself in order to feed her chicks, and three drops of blood are visible below the mother pelican's beak ... The blue color of the background ...

The birds also have notable long orange beaks and the largest ... Miller: How are white pelicans different from brown ones, besides their color? Lawonn: Oregon’s got two different pelican ...

American white pelicans, with 9-foot, black-tipped wings and long orange beaks, are typically migratory birds. The birds’ numbers in the region dropped in the 19th and 20th centuries.