Pelican Brief

From Vermont Loon Recovery Project Volunteer, Sue Elliott:
"We arrived at Kent Pond this morning (May 31) around 7:30 to check on the Common Loons. An American White Pelican was sitting on one of the rocks next to loon island, not far from where one of the loons is sitting on the nest. We called for backup, Sue Wetmore (another avid birder), who arrived from Brandon faster than is humanly possible. At about 9:05, one of the loons swam out to the pelican to have a little talk. The pelican then hopped to the next rock, and then into the water. At 9:15 the pelican took flight, circling the pond and then off."
The Kent Pond loon pair hatched their first chick in three years of trying last week. Eric Hanson, VLRP Coordinator