Lake Barkley White Pelican's

[wmac62]

Although not related to Crappie Fishing, today was a good day to live on the lake, as I looked out the window to see hundreds of White Pelican's drifting about, Quite the spectacle to see.

[Singlepole]

YEA and EATING TONS of small Crappie! They need to open season on them.

[justinp61]

They were on Barkley last week too.

[Wiskers]

Yep... I run the Cumberland on this boat & have been see'n them for several yrs now. They range from about Demumbers to up above Lineport. They Winter here. Crappie eat'n little buggers!

[ifish]

I have been watching the American White Pelican flying in V formations for a few days also. Big birds. I found this info.

White Pelican - The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a very large (50"–70") white bird with black wing tips and an enormous orange bill. They have a wing span of approximately 3 m . They are graceful in flight, moving their wings in slow powerful strokes.
Unlike the Brown Pelican, the American White Pelican does not dive for its food. Instead it practices cooperative fishing. Each bird eats more than 4 pounds of fish a day, mostly carp, chubs, shiners, yellow perch, catfish, and jackfish.
White Pelicans nest in colonies of several hundred pairs on islands in remote brackish and freshwater lakes of inland North America. The female lays 2 or 3 eggs in a shallow depression on the ground. Both parents incubate.
They winter in central California and along the Pacific coast of Guatemala; also along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
Shooting by poachers is the largest known cause of mortality. Colonies are sensitive to disturbance and visits by humans can cause the pelicans to leave and abandon their nests.
This species is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1972.
The scientific name for this species combines Pelecanus, the Latin for pelican, with erythrorhynchos, derived from the Greek words erythros meaning red, and rhynchos meaning beak.

[dkb23]

And there you have it. Cleared that up not huh?

[kyfishman]

Reckon there's any chance these buggers eat Asian Carp fry? That would be awesome! If so, I hope they develop a REAL appetite for them, cause fellas we're about to have a terrrible problem with them on our lakes.

[dkb23]

And there you have it. Cleared that up not huh?

Now huh? I meant now huh? oops!

[Kentucky Lake]

That is cool.


I see a lot of Osprey, and Bald Eagles on both Kentucky, and Barkley Lakes.

[smashdn]

Good eating. Very delicate flavor, almost like pork.