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Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

Description:

Very large bird with the longest beak of any known. Often seen enjoying the air currents up high in groups or alone.

Habitat:

Wherever there is sufficient standing water in Australia and New Guinea. Australian water birds are found deep inland as soon as the first rains flush the deserts and people have yet to understand how they know there is water

Notes:

This is a group of wild birds at The Entrance in NSW Australia which are fed daily to attract tourists. After the feeding they spread back throughout the lagoons and up the coast along the beaches

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17 Comments

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Thank you venusflytrap2000 and Ava T-B

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

yes they are ;)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

I've moved it to birds. What wonderful pictures!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

please move to birds category

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Another cracker I missed. Fabulous shots.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome series!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Cool! Lovely series

alina
alina 11 years ago

their eyes are so yellow! what a great series.

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very nice.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

Thank you Satyen, Harsha, Mac,Ali and Ava, it is nice of you all

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Lovely!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Great clicks.

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Nice series Stephen

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

very sweet!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Lovely series.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

I have always thought they look like proud and disdainful clowns Seema

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

lovely..their eyes look as if painted..

StephenSolomons
Spotted by
StephenSolomons

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Oct 12, 2005
Submitted on Jan 8, 2013

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