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From MediaDoos World News Headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

with Ryan Cal Calan.

Now, here's Cal.

If you recall a couple of episodes back, we talked about a reversal of a Trump era rule

that exempted companies from penalties resulting from migratory bird deaths outlined in the Migratory

Bird Treaty Act.

We used the example of the Gulf BP oil spill and how the finds that came out of that

ecological disaster were used to restore marine and coastal habitats.

Well, one of those birds from the Gulf oil spill, a brown pelican, made news the other

day.

This bird was originally found covered in oil in Louisiana.

After it was cleaned up, it was shipped to a rehab facility in Georgia and banded with

the tag 33Z.

Eventually, it was released in that state in 2010.

The state of Louisiana just reported that 33Z was just spotted back in the sportsman's

paradise state, which is a flight of 700 miles and boy are its wings tired.

Just kidding.

700 miles is a day's work for an eight pound bird that has a seven and a half foot wingspan.

What's really impressive is a brown pelican can swim three miles per hour underwater before

it's even old enough to be fully feathered.

And, it can hold over three gallons of water in its bill.

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