White American Pelican

I thought this was a White American Pelican. But a co-worker said only a Brown Pelican lives in my area. My Smithsonian FG says otherwise.

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Your co-worker is incorrect.
Al

awesome pics!!

He's wrong. American Whites go where they want, all the way to and past the Arctic Circle.

From the looks of it to, you have a rookery nearby. That's a bunch of juvies their. They never go far from the hatchery until fall migration.

nice shots

Nice set of pics.

thanks a lot guys.

@mitch you are right. There is a sandbar where they congregate.

A sandbar would be good, it it's a big one or maybe an island. They aren't much for nest building. Down here, they build nests on rock wing dams here in the Mississippi River. A nest, and I use that term loosely, consists of a couple driftwood sticks and maybe some seaweed type plants and an egg in it.