We drove down to the Goose Pond Wetland area yesterday evening hoping to see something/some kind of birds.

My blog buddy Mary had been down there a while back and saw pelicans and I was hoping to see some.  We were not disappointed.

We were very lucky in that there was a group of them at one pond that was close enough for me to get these shots.  Notice the 'growths' near the end of the beaks on some of the ones above...I have no idea what it means.  I have not did any real research on it...only looked at Cornell's All About Birds and they did not mention it, but their photo showed it.  (These photos are definitely better if clicked to expand the view.)

It was as if they were trying to do synchronized swimming....They would swim straight ahead as in the first shot for a bit, then turn and swim towards the little island, and all would duck under water at the same time.

Edited to add:  Read Carletta's comment to learn about the growth on their beak!