One of our neighbors posted on our neighborhood Facebook page this morning pictures of pelicans on our freshwater lake. At first, with it being April 1st and April Fool's Day, I thought maybe it was a joke, but she would have had to spend a lot of time at 7:00 in the morning to recompose the pelicans into the 4 pictures she posted. So after Hailey got on the bus, Clara and I went down to the pier and took these pictures. Another neighbor was doing the same...it's not often we see pelicans here! There was also a loon and lots of seagulls flying around feeding. It was a good sign that the fish survived the winter this year. Last year we lost a lot of fish from the cold.
The loon was pretty close to the pier, so I was able to get some closer shots.
Pelicans in the back and loon in the forefront.
Six of them all together. A little Google research shows they are called American White Pelicans. They are one of the largest birds in North America with a 9 foot wing span. They feed in inland shallow lakes.
The neighbor and I thought the males must be at the back of the pack, fluffing up their feathers for the females.
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