Kip’s Comments - November 13, 2024

Please Be Watching - Please Fly Pelican

If you happen to be one of the people traveling on Cedar Lane in Waverly, Iowa, please be watching for a lone American White Pelican on the river that may or may not be healthy enough to move on. (Of course your first/top priority should be safe driving!)

This morning I photographed the bird near Pelikan Park. It did not seem too motivated to move beyond that backwater area of the Cedar River. Maybe that is normal behavior for this bird - maybe not.

I will be watching the bird and ask if you see it fly, please share that info through this website or via Facebook. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with the pelican and it is simply enjoying what Waverly has to offer. But, if there is something wrong with it and we need to capture it for rehabbers, I would prefer that happens before conditions get too much colder.

American White Pelican - Image 928855