White Pelican, taken at Keystone State Park, Westmoreland Co., May 25, 2004
Karen Jackson reported a white pelican at Keystone State Park lake at 5 PM that afternoon. I dashed out and got some pictures. This one is taken through a spotting scope. This is the first time a white pelican has ever been seen in Westmoreland County, # 299 on the county record list.
There was a white pelican on Shawnee Lake 2 days earlier. This might possibly be the same bird or perhaps two pelicans got trapped in that last storm system. This is a western species.
  - picture taken by Dick Byers

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