Hail killed hundreds of pelicans

By Dan Parker and Lee Harrison

Hundreds of birds at an important preserve near Port Aransas were killed and many others were injured by the hailstorm that struck the Coastal Bend on Saturday, Nov. 1, according to a wildlife rehabilitation official.

The deaths occurred at the Shamrock Island Preserve, a 110-acre site in Corpus Christi Bay, about a quarter mile off Mustang Island.

The pelicans “just got pelted with baseballs from the sky,” said David Newstead, director of the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program’s Coastal Bird Program.

Newstead’s remark about the size of the hail wasn’t an exaggeration. The National Weather Service confirmed that the hail that hit parts of the Coastal Bend Saturday was that size…

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