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Big White Birds: Pelicans, Egrets, and Trumpeter Swans

Michael Leland
Pelicans in Madison, WI in autumn 2014

If  you’re paddling one of Iowa’s rivers, out for a walk, or even driving down a highway the sight of a big white bird passing overhead has become common, but that wasn’t always the case.

On this wildlife day edition of Talk of Iowa, Charity Nebbe sits down with wildlife biologist Jim Pease to discuss Iowa’s big white birds. These birds, including pelicans, great egrets and trumpeter swans, almost disappeared from the state, but are once again common.

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Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa