Pelicans on the LSU lake.

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Was pretty badass.

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Indeed.
I looked it up and found this:

"What draws the majestic white pelican to Louisiana? The cuisine, of course.

Seymour said the birds nest in the interior lakes of North America as far north as Canada’s Alberta and Northwest Territories provinces and feed in Rocky Mountain ponds and lakes; but if those high-elevation waters freeze, the birds have to move.

“They follow the food,” Seymour said.

The birds eventually make their way down to the Bayou State some time during the fall. They always make a stop in the Mississippi Flyway but don’t always land in University Lake."

They were there in the 80/90s.

I saw all them there yesterday morning as we'll it looks like there are more out there this morning than last. It is definitely a sight to be seen.

Saw them all yesterday. Was amazing

They usually come every year and stay for a month or so. It's an awesome sight and I get excited every year when I notice them.

I take the kids to feed the ducks at the little parking area on May St. sometimes (between Dalrymple & Morning Glory), and you can usually see (and smell) a bunch from there. It seems like they like to roost (?--is that the right word?) on one of the peninsulas for one of those really nice houses on E. Lakeshore. I'm sure the people living there really enjoy the smell!

I used to see them when I ran around the lakes back in the 80s.

Where I live now, pelicans are sitting on every boat slip pilings. All summer it was seagulls on the pilings, but since the cold fronts came through, the pelicans took over.

Last year they were chasing shad or some kind of small fish around the lake. Pretty impressive...