Common Name: American White Pelican (juvenile) Genus: Pelecanus Family: Pelecanidae A juvenile American White Pelican, with mottled brown and white plumage, floats low in foamy river water, its large pinkish bill resting close to the surface.

A young American White Pelican drifts through frothy waters, its feathers still touched with brown.

“Grace is not always polished—it lives in the raw edges of the wild.”

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