Gunnison Island

American White Pelican In Low Light

By |2022-04-10T05:22:43-05:00April 10th, 2022|Categories: American White Pelicans, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am enjoying seeing the birds that have returned to breed in Utah including this American White Pelican I photographed in low light two days ago at a local pond.

American White Pelican Foraging By Itself

By |2021-04-09T18:40:57-05:00April 16th, 2019|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my visit to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge last week I didn't see large numbers of American White Pelicans but at this time of the year that is understandable because many of them are probably nesting on Gunnison Island right now.

Gunnison Island Pelicans Are On The Move – Help Out By Reporting Wing Tagged American White Pelicans

By |2021-02-10T12:31:19-06:00September 30th, 2018|Categories: American White Pelicans, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bird photographers, birders, nature watchers and citizen scientists can help out by reporting all banded birds including our Gunnison Island American White Pelicans.

Reporting Wing Tagged American White Pelicans – Helping Birds by Helping the PELI Project

By |2021-03-10T07:51:58-06:00April 13th, 2018|Categories: American White Pelicans, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I know that I will be reporting any wing tagged American White Pelicans I see while they are here in northern Utah and I hope that others will too and help out the Peli Project!

Juvenile American White Pelican at Bear River MBR

By |2023-09-18T18:01:07-05:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

When the young American White Pelicans are old enough to leave the island they fly to areas like Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to learn how to catch fish on their own before they migrate in the fall.

American White Pelicans – PeliCam and PeliTrack

By |2023-09-04T11:33:49-05:00March 26th, 2017|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

American White Pelicans are returning to their breeding grounds in Utah and I have already seen a few of them myself and though I haven't been able to photograph them yet I know I will soon.

American White Pelicans of the Great Basin

By |2021-04-09T19:35:20-05:00April 21st, 2012|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Locomotive Springs, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

During the winter months I miss seeing large flocks of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) soaring in the thermals, in the past few weeks I have been delighted to see them again.

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