The pelicans hadn't left the state - just moved 30 minutes east! While waiting on the train, I noticed something in the distance at the end of a tree line along the river. Zoomed in and it was the pelicans - this is about 1/3 of them on a sandbar. Even had a few cormorants in the group.
Lucky you. To have found the pelicans. They seem to have left the spot where I would photograph them. I like this shot. Are those baby pelicans or the Cormorants you mentioned?
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