Pelicans fascinate me.
It was good to go for a long walk with a friend at sunset after a week that finally reached its absolute worst today. While the coming days -- and perhaps weeks -- will be rough, I think I have evolved a way to get through it all and start making some real progress, rather than simply reacting to whatever gets thrown at me. I'm looking forward to it.
And, for a few minutes, I was distracted by these wonderful prehistoric birds.
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I love your pelican photos. They are one of my favorite birds, too. I especially love to sit on the beach and watch them hunt. An aerial ballet, if you will...
Thank you for sharing them. *smiling*
~db
These are great! Especially the maroon-feathered one! I love pelicans a lot, too: had a big treat, way back in '88, when I got to pet one on a railing @ a harbor in Monterey. His neck was vibrating: dunno if that was his version of purring---or grrrrring! ;)
Nice shots. Are pelicans as plentiful there as gulls are here?
I was able to photograph a young red-tailed hawk the other day. I was very pleased with myself :-)
dal -- Nothing is as plentiful as gulls here. Except pigeons, maybe.
Nonetheless, the brown pelicans were thought to be nearing extinction when I moved here 6 1/2 years ago. Now, on a good day one sees hundreds of them. They're doing fine.
I love pelicans. I love watching them gulp down entire fish, like a crazy college-bound 20-something down several beers through a funnel - I'm glad to hear you have a plan to get through all of this, I hope it works out.
ben
Those are some beautiful pics, Scribbs!
Thanks, emd! They just sorta flapped, paddled, floated and stood around and I pushed the button....
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