Pelican Summers in Kentucky Lake

Every now an again us bird watchers are treated to a visit by a species that is beyond of the norm for a certain location.

The Courier Journal Reports:

"Tom and Carol Stroud of Louisville reported spotting a brown pelican at Lake Cumberland last week.

State wildlife officials were skeptical, but Carol Stroud produced a photograph that removed all doubt.

'When I heard about it, I assumed it was a white pelican,' said John Brunjes, who works with the migratory bird program for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "We get several reports of white pelicans each year."

Brown pelicans, however, are extremely rare in Kentucky. The juvenile bird documented by the Strouds is only the state's fifth confirmed sighting of a brown pelican, according to Burnjes." See full article.