{"id":21375,"date":"2017-07-24T07:56:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=21375"},"modified":"2017-07-26T23:41:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T06:41:24","slug":"pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=21375","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The White Pelican is huge, endangered, and here.” That is how I began my only previous posting<\/a> about this bird when I last saw some four years ago.<\/p>\n

Huge: While not nearly as heavy as the Trumpeter Swan, the wing span of the White Pelican is a good deal greater and ranges up to three metres. In North America, only the California Condor exceeds this.<\/p>\n

Endangered: The bird is provincially endangered for B.C. has only one breeding colony. It is at Stum Lake, a bit west of Williams Lake in an area threatened by wildfires this summer.<\/p>\n

Here: The most likely place to see the White Pelican is at the south end of the Lake (Creston Flats) during the warm months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A flock of White Pelicans was spotted about a kilometre away.
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In small groups they would then fly across the valley.
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One group landed on the lake about 400 metres away.
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