Because my wife gets mad if I see a pelican and don’t take a picture. 😉 While she and the rest of my camping crew slept in, I went for a photo drive near Grand Lake, Colorado. These birds seemed to be taking a clue from my clan and were not particularly awake when I spotted them.
![Pelicans rest on a log on Shadow Mountain Lake in Grand County, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3BSfMeTrZp0/WYj2zEmMxAI/AAAAAAAAhCY/8tiD-ncS7zYlaFrGcMDfzjlKz6rdCh7SACJoC/s710/2017-08-04%2B06-51-54%2B-%2B0151.jpg)