Pelicans in Denton County

Seen these today while feedin cattle

Those are American White Pelicans - freshwater and typically will be seen in the Great Plains but have been seen in Texas quite a bit.

Saw one at the golf course in Horseshoe bay today.

They were HUGE birds especially for how small the pond is. Was also a dozen hooded mersengers on there as well.

Cool

They were HUGE birds especially for how small the pond is. Was also a dozen hooded mersengers on there as well.

Bet they will eat a good chunk of your fish while they are there

Pond or tank size down in South Texas does not matter to them as long as the can seine it clean. There is a shallow 80 acre tank about 2 miles NE of this smaller tank where you can find over 100+ on any day there. There were 5 of them on this small tank that morning and then they left heading NE.

Today is the first time I have ever seen any on our tanks. Sounds like they are a problem.

Had a group of 20+ in Bandera County about 3 weeks ago in our pond created by all the rain water and flooding.

Cool birds, a bunch of them winter on Lake Ray Hubbard every year. Like some have said big birds

Most of them I see in north Texas are real lazy. They sit over the loons and wait for them to come up with a fish and steal it from them.

Have seen them on Lakes Lewisville and Texoma every winter I've fished them.

What do they taste like?

I imagine they taste about like great blue heron, or maybe bald eagle.

I meant fished the lakes, not the pelicans.

I see them annually on Squaw Creek.