Aquatic Birds

Pelican Breeding Plumage

The pelicans at White Rock lake are changing into their breeding plumage right before they leave us for the summer. The beak develops an odd shaped horn and they turn yellow at the base of the neck and on their head plumes.
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

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