nationalgeographicscans: Padding their nests with mangrove leaves flown in from another island, a colony of brown pelicans spares the foliage from its own trees. Situated safely off shore, their island rookery offers a measure of protection against egg-robbing raccoons and rodents. These and many other imperiled tropical water birds find one of their most secure U.S. sanctuaries among Florida’s remarkable mangroves.

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Padding their nests with mangrove leaves flown in from another island, a colony of brown pelicans spares the foliage from its own trees. Situated safely off shore, their island rookery offers a measure of protection against egg-robbing raccoons and rodents. These and many other imperiled tropical water birds find one of their most secure U.S. sanctuaries among Florida’s remarkable mangroves.

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