Starting in the 1880s , American white pelicans were clubbed .
Starting in the 1880s , American white pelicans were shot , their eggs and young were deliberately destroyed , and their feeding and nesting sites were degraded by water management schemes and wetland drainage .
Starting in the 1880s , American white pelicans were clubbed and shot , their eggs and young were deliberately destroyed , and their feeding and nesting sites were degraded by water management schemes and wetland drainage .