Susan Graybeal has lived on Lake Lanier since 1997, but she’s never seen what she saw Monday night. “I was out on the lake cruising around and saw this odd-looking bird, got up closer and realized it was a pelican,” Graybeal said. According to Robin Hill, a spokeswoman with the Department of Natural Resources, pelican sightings aren’t common on the lake — but they’re not that uncommon either.