![American white pelican on dawn patrol American white pelican on dawn patrol](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2022/04-17-2022-St-Vrain-Pelican-Geese-and-Great-Blue-Heron/i-zJv5BmQ/0/ab352770/X4/20220417%2006-30-33%200002-Edit-X4.jpg)
Yesterday I spent some time at a northern Colorado lake enjoying the crisp morning and a notable lack of wind (folks on the Front Range know how welcome this was). This beautiful summertime visitor to the Centennial State gave me a picture perfect flyby just as the sun was cresting over the horizon, illuminating it beautifully