Pelican joins Trumpeter Swan Migration
The other evening while entertaining guests, one of whom is an avid birder and wildlife biologist, I alerted everyone to watch a flight of Trumpeter Swan approaching overhead. Much to our guests delight the magnificent white birds flew across the sky perfectly framed by our big view windows, very low and easy to see. Our birder guest remarked that one of the swans had something unusual in its beak, and then exclaimed excitedly that the bird wasn’t a swan but a white pelican flying in formation with the swans! A very rare sighting, so quick and fleeting, almost as if it were a dream. day. Such a rare moment and none of us had a camera handy, drats! Entertaining guests is easy in Alaska, it seems like something interesting happens almost every day.
Gail Niebrugge, Art of Alaska
