On the northern flank of the bustling hubbub of Mexico City, white American pelicans paddle on the waters of a lake after traveling thousands of miles from the United States and Canada to escape the bite of a northern winter.
Part of migratory flocks that come to Mexico every year to feed and rest, the pelicans began stopping at the lake at Bosque San Juan de Aragon after the city and scientists a decade ago began creating nearby wetlands to revive the local environment.
Some 65 of the pelicans have arrived to gather strength among other birds at the lake and wetlands, a number experts expect to swell to around 400 by early next year. Growing out of a initiative between the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Mexico City government to clean up local water supply by creating a wetland in 2010, the cleaned up water refuge was designed to attract wild life.The Bosque San Juan de Aragon lake is hailed by authorities in the megalopolis as a success story in efforts to contain the march of pollution into natural habitats brought on by urbanization and growth in the human population.
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