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.Oberholser, Harry Church (1974). The Bird Life of Texas. University of Texas Press. Page 81. .Sorrells, Colby (2009). Flyfisher's Guide to the Texas Gulf Coast. Wilderness Adventures Press. Page 197. . It is one of the largest habitats of both brown pelicans and white pelicans in the Texas.Salvant, J. U. and David McComb (1999). The Historic Seacoast of Texas. University of Texas Press. Page 34. .Dyes, John C. (2013). Nesting Birds of the Coastal Islands: A Naturalist's Year on Galveston Bay. University of Texas Press. Page 56. . In the late 1980s, Pelican Island was the only location in all of Texas where nesting brown pelicans could be found.U.S. National Research Council (1991). Transportation Research Record: Geotechnical Engineering. Page 3. .

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