When one of the parents returned to the nest, the first thing the chicks did was jockey for shade under the parent. Photo Credit: May 2009, Marcy Spears.

2009 Annual Bird Census for Colonial Waterbirds on the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Sundown Island (POC). Included in this gallery are photos taken by Tim and Peggy Wilkinson in March 2009, the beginning of the breeding season for colonial waterbirds.

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When one of the parents returned to the nest, the first thing the chicks did was jockey for shade under the parent. Photo Credit: May 2009, Marcy Spears.

When one of the parents returned to the nest, the first thing the chicks did was jockey for shade under the parent. Photo Credit: May 2009, Marcy Spears.

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Keywords: brown pelican chick

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