NASA Gallery

KSC Wildlife

White pelicans gather in the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The turn...

KSC Wildlife

White pelicans form a line while swimming in the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building of NASA's Kennedy...

KSC Wildlife

A pair of brown pelicans rest on a wall near the turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The turn basin was...

KSC-2009-1363

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The fog clears from the turn basin as the morning sky turns blue over NASA's Kennedy Space...

KSC-2009-1362

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rising higher in the morning sky, the sun puts a glow on the fog rising from the turn basin...

KSC-2009-1361

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A pelican is silhouetted against the rosy dawn sky as morning fog floats over the turn basin...

KSC-2012-2996

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The high-fidelity space shuttle model glides past the fishing pier – and this long-beaked...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A group of white pelicans spend a few moments relaxing in the water near the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. Found from British Columbia south to western Ontario, California and the Texas coast, white pelicans winter from Florida south to Panama. They prefer marshy lakes and coastal regions, and winter chiefly in coastal lagoons. White pelicans are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.

KSC-2009-1360

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun rising over the Launch Complex 39 Area turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

KSC-2009-2846

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– The scarlet-feathered roseate spoonbill wades through water on NASA's Kennedy Space Center...

2010-1348

KSC WILDLIFE - PELICANS IN THE LC39 TURN BASIN

2010-1350

KSC WILDLIFE - PELICANS IN THE LC39 TURN BASIN

2010-1352

KSC WILDLIFE - PELICANS IN THE LC39 TURN BASIN

KSC-08pd3864

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Brown pelicans gather on the wharf of the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at NASA's Kennedy...

KSC-99pp0248

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- White pelicans are joined by a few egrets at a feeding frenzy in the waters of the...

KSC-2010-1351

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans make unlikely companions for the Pegasus barge in the Turn Basin in Launch...

KSC-99pp1452

Under a rain-filled sky, Mark Epstein holds a rescued white pelican while Kat Royer fixes a leg band on it before...

KSC-2010-1348

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans takes advantage of a respite from winter temperatures to sun...

KSC-2010-1349

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans enjoys a respite from the winter temperatures with a dip in the...

KSC-99pp1455

A white pelican named "Fisheater" by its rescuers, beats its wings as it flies to freedom at the Merritt Island...

KSC-2010-1352

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans enjoy a respite from the winter temperatures at the Turn Basin in Launch...

KSC-2010-1350

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans sun themselves along the edges of the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at...

KSC-02PD-0437

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- White pelicans swim gracefully on the blue water of this lake near Kennedy Space...

KSC-04pd0900

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - White pelicans soar into the blue sky above a lake north of Kennedy Space Center....