Pelicans aren’t regular visitors to Rhode Island, but three have made an unplanned stop to South County this week.
A photographer spotted the three brown pelicans near Misquamicut in Westerly and contacted Sheida Soleimani, founder and director of Congress of the Birds, on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
“He said, ‘Is it normal for pelicans to be in Rhode Island?” Soleimani recalled…