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A casual summer migrant along the Colorado River. One was seen in Glen Canyon at RM -14.5 on 9 June 1992 (A. Clive Pinnock), another was at RM 110 on 12 July 1974 (Don Briggs), and a third was seen and photographed at RM 170 on 4 August 2000 (Nikolle L. Brown). A juvenile Brown Pelican landed on a raft near Grapevine Rapid on 24 June 2004, and the same or another bird was seen upstream near Lava-Chuar Rapid and downstream near Phantom Ranch during the same month. Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.

(Pelecanus occidentalis) Brown Pelican is a casual summer migrant along the Colorado River. One was seen in Glen Canyon at RM -14.5 on 9 June 1992 (A. Clive Pinnock), another was at RM 110 on 12 July 1974 (Don Briggs), and a third was seen and photographed at RM 170 on 4 August 2000 (Nikolle L. Brown). A juvenile Brown Pelican landed on a raft near Grapevine Rapid on 24 June 2004, and the same or another bird was seen upstream near Lava-Chuar Rapid and downstream near Phantom Ranch during the same month. Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.