This morning when I arrived the juvenile Brown Pelican was flying low over the eastern side of German Lake. In flight it was best viewed from the north boat access. I was only able to view it for a few seconds until it disappeared due to distance and heat waves. John Hockema showed up, and shortly after he arrived a local fisherman showed up with a pontoon and offered to take us out to see the bird, free of charge. We boated to the southern side of the lake behind the island, where we found the bird sitting on a buoy. If it is perched behind the island on the south side, there is no where to view it from land, and thus the only way to see it would be from a boat. There have been a lot of fisherman on the lake today, and so your bets of hitching a boat ride are probably pretty good, although I can't guarantee that it'll be free.

I have uploaded a photo of the bird to the "Recently Seen" webpage on the MOU website. This is either a second, third, or fourth state record, as there were two reports of Brown Pelicans several weeks ago near Alexandria.

Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County

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