Animal Discovery

August 8, 1804

Today we discovered a new animal, the American White Pelican. We saw these birds floating on the river in a pack of 5. We also saw these birds flying over head in a huge flock. One of my men got pooped on. The beak on this bird is an orangey yellow colour and about 1 foot long. The body is very plump and is all white. I am not so sure how long the wingspan is because they were flying so far over head. On the border of their wings is black. The eyes and below the beak are both orange. They also have orange webbed feet.