White pelicans gather and disperse Monday on Point Lake north of Willmar. White pelicans' breeding sites were common in Minnesota when Europeans first settled in the region, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. As the human population grew, however, the birds lost nesting areas. Their last known nesting site in the state was destroyed in 1878. Pelicans were only seen passing through the state when migrating until a new nesting site was discovered in 1968 on an island in Marsh Lake, a r...
