Pelican spotted near Aroostook County river in rare sighting

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 8, 2022

An American white pelican was spotted on a rock in the middle of the St. John River near the Grand Isle boat landing Tuesday morning, where resident Liz Morneault took a photo of it along with three double-crested cormorants perched in the sun on a nearby river rock. “I was just waking up, and I always look out the back window toward the river, and I grabbed the camera,” Morneault said. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.” American white pelicans are rarely found in Maine and tend to spend their time west of the Mississippi River or wintering in Central America or Florida, bird expert Bob Duchesne said.