Wascana Creek Pelicans

To be honest I don't know a hell of a lot about pelicans but, for reasons I don't understand, there are a whole lot more of them on the prairies these days.

They are pretty amazing to watch, huge birds really.

In recent days the water has been so high on Wascana Lake in Regina the city opened the weir at the Albert Street Bridge to see if they could get the water level down.

Tipped off, I went down to the dike to watch them this morning.

To see more pictures of pelicans feeding and swimming in the foam generated by the rushing water have a look at the blog, Latitude Drifts.

In Training

We are in training, we have to do something if we are going to manage the 25 km a day we'll have to walk along Hadrian's Wall. Only three more weeks left to get ready. So, today we drove out to Nicolle Flats and walked around the marsh. It is a good 10 km hike.

There were lots of ducks a few geese and about 20 pelicans. I love watching them. They look clumsy but just look at them them soar for a while and you'll change your mind.

The prairie crocus are out on the south side of the lake. In some places there are one or two and in others hundreds. I am always amazed at how they manage to push up through the heavy, winter matted prairie grass.