Pelican Brown (2005)

T. J. Dixon and James Nelson

DESCRIPTION:  bronze sculpture of a California brown pelican mounted on rock, accompanied by bronze pavement dance-step markers and bronze history and poetry plaques

This sculpture includes a history plaque describing long-time threats to the brown pelican, notably from DDT.  
Another bronze plaque contains a 2005 poem "The Ballad of P.B." by Jan Phillips.
LOCATION:  South Pacific Beach Lifeguard Tower, Grand Avenue at Oceanfront, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, USA
DETAIL:  "Pelican Brown Tango"                       
"THE BALLAD OF P.B."