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Apr. 26, 2023 9:35 am

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A pelican flies to the headwaters of the spillway as other pelicans jockey for fish, disoriented by tumbling through the water of the Coralville Lake spillway, present an easy meal near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The American white pelicans are making the annual spring migration from their winter grounds in Mexico to summer areas in Canada and Minnesota. The bump grows on both male and female pelicans and is believed be an ornament to attract an ideal breeding partner. It sheds once eggs are laid. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — A pelican flies to the headwaters of the Coralville Lake spillway Tuesday near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City. The American white pelicans are making their annual spring migration from their winter grounds in Mexico to summer areas in Canada and Minnesota. The bump on the bird's beak grows on both male and female pelicans and is believed be an ornament to attract an ideal breeding partner. It sheds once eggs are laid. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A pelican comes in to land in the headwaters of the Coralville Lake spillway as other pelicans jockey for fish, disoriented by tumbling through the water of the Coralville Lake spillway, present an easy meal near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The American white pelicans are making the annual spring migration from their winter grounds in Mexico to summer areas in Canada and Minnesota. The bump grows on both male and female pelicans and is believed be an ornament to attract an ideal breeding partner. It sheds once eggs are laid. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — A pelican comes in to land in the headwaters of the Coralville Lake spillway. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Pelican paddl through the water below the Coralville Lake spillway near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. A large group of American white pelicans were competing for fish, disoriented by tumbling through the spillway, for an easy meal. American white pelicans are making the annual spring migration from their winter grounds in Mexico to summer areas in Canada and Minnesota. The bump grows on both male and female pelicans and is believed be an ornament to attract an ideal breeding partner. It sheds once eggs are laid. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — Pelicans paddle through the water below the Coralville Lake spillway Tuesday near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City. A large group of American white pelicans were competing Tuesday for fish that had become disoriented by tumbling through the spillway, making for an easy meal. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A pelican paddles through the water below the Coralville Lake spillway near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. A large group of American white pelicans were competing for fish, disoriented by tumbling through the spillway, for an easy meal. American white pelicans are making the annual spring migration from their winter grounds in Mexico to summer areas in Canada and Minnesota. The bump grows on both male and female pelicans and is believed be an ornament to attract an ideal breeding partner. It sheds once eggs are laid. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — A pelican paddles through the water below the Coralville Lake spillway Tuesday in Iowa City. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A pelican flies to the headwaters of the spillway as other pelicans jockey for fish, disoriented by tumbling through the water of the Coralville Lake spillway, present an easy meal near the Tailwater West Campground in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The American white pelicans are making the annual spring migration from their winter grounds in Mexico to summer areas in Canada and Minnesota. The bump grows on both male and female pelicans and is believed be an ornament to attract an ideal breeding partner. It sheds once eggs are laid. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) — A pelican flies to the headwaters of the Coralville Lake spillway. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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