Randy Barber/staff photographer
Chris Wise of the Marine Science Center looks on as one of the four rehabilitated brown pelicans injured by Hurricane Sandy is released back into the wild at Lighthouse Point Park in Ponce Inlet, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Since opening in 2004, the Mary Keller Seabird Rehabilitation Sanctuary has treated more than 10,000 sick and injured birds at the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet. For more information, visit www.marinesciencecenter.com.