Date: 8/11/25 2:36 pm From: Michael May <2y2m2u...> Subject: [ia-bird] pelicans on the move
Yesterday I traveled to and from Algona. Lots of rain-filled ditches, & raised creeks & rivers from heavy rains.
South of Storm Lake along US 71 I saw what a thought was geese flying toward me, and getting closer I saw the "flap, flap, gliiide" movement of about 2 dozen pelicans.
Driving home on south US 69, there were places and homesteads where many tree swallows fluttered above and around the road. Approaching Humboldt, I saw more strings of "geese" to the east: I soon realized there were hundreds and hundreds of pelicans!
I saw this in southern Minnesota five years ago in early September; is mid-August a typical or an early time for pelicans to be migrating? Or did heavy rains stir them up?
