This first group of photos are of pelicans at Loess Bluff NWR taken in 2020 on one of their favorite perches – muskrat mounds.
The next group is from February 2022 taken at Clarksville, MO.
American White Pelicans
"What a thousand acres of Silphiums looked like when they tickled the bellies of the buffalo is a question never again to be answered, and perhaps not even asked." -Aldo Leopold
A Thousand Acres of Silphiums 
Excellent photos of Pelicans, and you also managed to get some amazing closeups.
Thank you, Shawn!