Temperate weather at Lake Chapala between the months of November and March is invariably a magnet for snowbirds from northern climates of the U.S. and Canada, not only for humans, but also huge flocks of American white pelicans.
At adult age, the hefty and majestic birds may measure up to 1.75 meters in length, with an outstretched wingspan of three meters.
Known to locales as borregones, many of the wintering pelicans cluster around the fish processing plants in the south shore town of Petatán, Michoacán. Others, however, settle in the vicinity of Chapala’s Malecón.