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Animalblog, Pelicans Postings
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These appear to be Australian Pelicans
because of the pink bills. Or do American White Pelicans have pink bills in the winter? Further research needed.
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I'm glad that's settled.
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There was this one lone white pelican at the nature center that day. It was probably an injured bird being nursed back to health, or it just knew a good hand-out when it saw one.
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Prehistoric looking pelicans sun and preen in the winter sun.
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It was beautiful day in Santa Cruz and I had been photographing the sea lions when this pelican landed a few feet away on the pier railing.
If there was ever a compelling visual argument for birds being the modern descendants of dinosaurs, its the pelican. I could easily imagine them flying just out of reach above the snapping jaws of some aquatic sea monster.
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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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Here is a view of a pelican you don't usually see. A head on view of its enormous bill.
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These two pelicans were one pair of dozens loitering around the marina, all waiting for a fishy opportunity. The one on the left was an immature bird which had not grown into its adult plumage.
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A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.
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Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.
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The fisherman hadn't noticed that a pelican had just landed next to him on the pier.
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It surprises me that a big bird like a Pelican can fly so effortlessly.
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A flock of pelicans flying in typical formation with Anacapa island in the background.
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The pelican glides effortlessly over the surface of the sea.
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