Pelicans all sorts
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Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
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Coming in for a landing. Taken in Estero, Florida.
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Fort Lauderdale Florida.
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Taken in Cypress Hills, which is a beautiful oasis in the middle of the prairies. It is an interprovincial park located in the 2 provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. We only went to the Alberta side.
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Un dia plujós, un pelicà cansat intentant resguardar-se de la pluja i un fons força fosc. Una mica de LR i... aquí teniu el resultat. Espero que us agradi i bona setmana
Un día lluvioso, un pelícano cansado intentando resguardarse de la lluvia y un fondo bastante oscuro. Un poco de LR y... aquí tenéis el resultado. Espero que os guste y buena semana
A rainy day, a tired pelican, trying to shelter from the rain and a dark background. Some LR and.... here is the result. Hope you'll enjoy it and have a good week
I saw this white pelican shaking its head and revealing that there is some structure at the base of the beak pouch. Gave me a start when I first saw it.
This pelican just wanted the other pelicans spot. There was an empty pole next to that one but he wanted this one. They must be siblings.
A beautiful, sunny Saturday at Las Gallinas Water Treatment Plant. It never ceases to amaze us when we see this prehistoric looking bird. Fossil evidence of pelicans dates back to at least 30 million years to the remains of a beak very similar to that of modern species recovered from Oligocene strata in France. The American white pelican is one of the longest birds native to North America. The species also has the second largest average wingspan of any North American bird, after the California condor.
Pelican.
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A dock near our restaurant had Brown Pelicans patiently waiting for fishermen to come in with their catch.
Pelicans (genus Pelecanus) are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, except for the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all pelicans become brightly colored before the breeding season.
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Such graceful birds as they land ... not! A pair of American White Pelicans landing at White Rock Lake. Dallas, Texas, USA, February 2015
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Great white Pelican, Walvis Bay - Namibia
The great white Pelican, known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican, or simply white pelican.
You could get quite close the pelicans in Aruba they did not appear to be very skittish when they were near people which helped a lot when taking photographs.
Sunset - with the inevitable pelican - on the River Murray is worth getting out your camera for! This pelican posed perfectly in the line of the setting sun on the water - who can say if it was deliberate or not?!
These two pelicans stayed together, pretty much in this same pose as the sun started to set.
Great Salt Plains State Park
Oklahoma
Radio Road is known for having many Pelicans visit. During the early morning and late evenings you can spot many photographers waiting for them to fly in and out and overhead and get that oooh so majestic picture. We spotted these two juveniles swimming right next to the dog park. So while our doggy enjoyed romping and playing with his fellow four footed friends we were able to snap these pictures of the pair.
Seeing that the Pelicans are thinning out, I thought I'd go down and get a few more shots of them.
With so many Pelican pics, I've decided to do some different crops to try and keep thing interesting.