Juvenile American Pelican near my Regina neighbourhood

I photographed this juvenile American White Pelican in a local lake when I visited with a group of birders from Nature Regina earlier this month.

This looks like the great outdoors, but this Juvenile American Pelican is really swimming
in front of a series of lakefront, er, water catchment pond frontage, houses.  © SB

Summer and fall are such great times for birding — and for seeing juvenile birds of many species, as they are arriving back through the city now, in preparation for their winter migration south. 

This young American White Pelican still has the light brownish feathers on its head, neck and back that mark it as a juvenile.  

This is a city drainage pond.
This is a juvenile American White Pelican.
This is a house in the background.
Oh, Regina.   © SB

What is this? A juvenile American White Pelican (Pélican d'Amérique)

Location: Lakeridge Park, Regina, Saskatchewan
Photo date: September 10, 2016.

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