Bucket list! White pelicans migrate through this area. I've seen them from afar, mostly in fly overs. Today there were about a dozen or so gathered on the ponds behind a Menards store where we had stopped to look at trees (Arbor Day). Did not buy a tree. Did spend a half hour or so sitting on the bank watching the pelicans.
I love watching them - when they stop preening long enough to do something! We definitely didn't have as many stop in our area this year as we did last year.