📽️🌊 Brown pelicans are a favorite of visitors to our American Trail exhibit. Yet, many zoogoers may not realize that these marine birds call the Chesapeake Bay home. . . . 🌎 Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center research ecologist Autumn-Lynn Harrison placed GPS tags on the Bay’s pelicans to learn more about the species’ ability to survive and thrive on the Eastern Shore. . . . LEARN MORE: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/news/where-do-you-go-brown-pelican.