Pelican Island (Corpus Christi Bay)

Pelican Island is a semi-tropical island in the Corpus Christi Bay, situated immediately south of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.[1][2] It is one of the largest habitats of both brown pelicans and white pelicans in the Texas.[3][4] In the late 1980s, Pelican Island was the only location in all of Texas where nesting brown pelicans could be found.[5]

  1. ^ Oberholser, Harry Church (1974). The Bird Life of Texas. University of Texas Press. Page 81. ISBN 9780292707115.
  2. ^ Sorrells, Colby (2009). Flyfisher's Guide to the Texas Gulf Coast. Wilderness Adventures Press. Page 197. ISBN 9781932098662.
  3. ^ Salvant, J. U. and David McComb (1999). The Historic Seacoast of Texas. University of Texas Press. Page 34. ISBN 9780292777415.
  4. ^ Dyes, John C. (2013). Nesting Birds of the Coastal Islands: A Naturalist's Year on Galveston Bay. University of Texas Press. Page 56. ISBN 9780292758988.
  5. ^ U.S. National Research Council (1991). Transportation Research Record: Geotechnical Engineering. Page 3. ISBN 9780309051187.