I went out looking for some brown pelicans, but ended up running into a bunch of marine hermit crabs and some very colorful sea sponges. The pelicans are Pelecanus occidentalis, but I am not sure what the hermit crabs and sponges are. Did you know that the brown pelicans are the national bird of Saint Martin, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the official state bird of Louisiana? Well, they are!!!