thermals – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American White Pelicans of the Great Basin

By Mia McPherson|April 21st, 2012|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Locomotive Springs, Utah|Tags: adults, American White Pelican, birds, breeding colony, campsite, flight, Great Basin, Gunnison Island, nest, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, soaring, springs, thermal, thermals|

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.