FILE - This Feb. 10, 2010 file photo shows California brown pelicans being released into the wild by the International Bird Rescue Research Center at the beach in San Pedro, Calif. Scientists and conservation groups are worried that the crash in West Coast sardine numbers that has forced cutbacks in commercial fishing is also hurting brown pelicans on the West Coast. But scientists for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say budget cuts have left them with no money to do the research to figure out what is going on. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)