American White Pelicans. Somewhere in the crowd a fish had been spotted, and every head turned. One bill swung wide open. Nobody wanted to admit they'd missed it.

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American White Pelicans. Somewhere in the crowd a fish had been spotted, and every head turned. One bill swung wide open. Nobody wanted to admit they'd missed it.

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Morning traffic. Three American White Pelicans drop toward the churning water, wings braking, feet out, each one picking its own spot along the rush.

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An American White Pelican drops in feet first, wings wide, skidding across the water toward a crowd of pelicans already lined up and waiting for the current to bring breakfast.

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This lone, young American White Pelican apparently has lost its flock. I hope it can find them—or they find it—for the long migration south.
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Wings up, water flying, one fish wedged sideways in all that orange. The American White Pelican had about three seconds to turn it around before something else noticed.

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Nothing but bills and heads, edge to edge. A crowd of American White Pelicans sitting close enough that there's no telling where one bird ends and the next one starts.

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Wings up, chest out, an American White Pelican holds the stretch for a few seconds in the only patch of morning sun reaching the water. Then it folds up and goes back to eating.

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Below the foam line at the locks, American White Pelicans crowd into the same few metres of fast water. Nobody gives ground. The current pushes dinner straight to them.

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The water is louder than everything. This American White Pelican settles into the whitewater with both wings spread, working out where the fish are being pushed.

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Feet down, wings braced, coming in over whitewater. This American White Pelican picks its spot below the spillway and commits to it.

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