White Pelicans Fall Visit

This past November we had three American White Pelicans show up in the marsh pond for a short visit.

At times they stayed to themselves in a tight little group, but at other times it sure looked like they were having a lot of fun flying and splashing around with the various birds including cormorants, gulls, herons, and egrets.

Always enjoy seeing these very large birds arrive in our area. They are not rare, but they are uncommon, so it’s a treat for sure!

12 thoughts on “White Pelicans Fall Visit”

Marta Hicks on December 17, 2017 at 7:44 pm said:

Thanks for sharing. My goodness, your earlier post ( first one in a long time) made me so happy. Today’s post did exactly the same thing. A big grin and excited quick read to see today’s “eye candy” from you! So very glad you are up and running again. You have been missed! I remember the first time I ever saw a white pelican . . . In Yellowstone!

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- Phil Lanoue on December 18, 2017 at 11:32 am said:
  
  I greatly appreciate your kind words Marta and I’m happy you have checked back in to see these new posts!
  My plan moving forward is to do a sort of ‘looking back’ retrospective of various wildlife and activities that took place during the past Spring and Summer. I did get out some, and saw fun birds like the pink spoonbills. 🙂
  
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Barby Thornton on December 17, 2017 at 8:14 pm said:

I am glad to see your posts again!

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- Phil Lanoue on December 18, 2017 at 11:29 am said:
  
  Thanks much Barby, glad you are here and enjoying the wildlife photos!
  
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meta73 on December 18, 2017 at 8:42 am said:

I agree with Marta’s comment. I, too was very happy to see you back.
And the Pelicans fitting in with the rest of the water birds was so pleasing to see.
Great pictures.

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- Phil Lanoue on December 18, 2017 at 11:28 am said:
  
  Glad you are happy to see me back!
  Those pelicans were funny. In the first picture it looks like we had pelican and pelican’t. 🙂
  
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Fred Felty on December 18, 2017 at 2:50 pm said:

Your pictures are always great and you seem to be able to capture a story every time!! Look forward to see what you come up with next!!

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Angela on December 19, 2017 at 5:39 am said:

Nice to see the birds spending the day fishing in the water.

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foxleylady on December 19, 2017 at 9:51 am said:

We are with Lucy and Thea this week, so we can all enjoy your posts together! Always great to see the C-130 of the bird world! Love from us all to you both!

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Lee Wilkerson on December 20, 2017 at 4:22 pm said:

Nice pictures of the pelicans and activity at HBSP. Your photos make me eager to get back there. Thanks!

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Anne Baldwin on December 28, 2017 at 12:22 pm said:

Thanks for the news of the marsh.

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Janet on April 26, 2018 at 3:13 pm said:

I am so very happy to see these beautiful captures again. Thank you so much for posting, and sharing marsh life. I will keep checking back. What great shots of the pelicans. I’m in the middle of reading “American Wolf” right now. Lots of scopes and watching wolves’ habits.

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