My wife and I were at the South Beach in Manitowoc today. At first, all we
saw were seagulls flying and floating along on Lake Michigan. In the very
distance, we could see small groups of cormorants flying north.  We could
also see quite a number of birds on the water intake platform. When a speed
boat went by, all those birds dispersed and we could see quite a number of
cormorants and pelicans take to the air. The cormorants easily numbered over
a hundred at that point and dispersed in groups. One wave headed in our
direction, maybe 25-30 of them. We were passing the binoculars back and forth
so I never really counted. At the same time, a large number of pelicans were
also dispersing in different directions. It appeared to be around 70-100 of
them. One group formed a line about 35 across and floated on the updrafts
that were coming from the land, and slowly coasted down along the beach, barely
flapping and keeping a relatively straight line while doing do. It was quite
a spectacle.  Alan LInquist(Washington County)
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