Pelicans, Tubenoses, and Relatives

This group of "higher waterbirds" are some of my favorites - one of my first loves was watching pelicans skim along the Pacific surf while visiting my Grandma in San Diego. (I live in Northeast Ohio, so I don't get to see many ocean-going seabirds, though American White Pelicans migrate through the area, and a few have been seen nesting along Lake Erie in Northwest Ohio.)