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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
A large, heavy bodied, white waterbird with short legs. The feet are webbed and the wings are long and broad, with a black trailing edge. The tail is short and the bill is long with extensible pouch.
A few flying over a back pond at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/inde...
The White Pelican does not dive for fish as the Brown Pelican does. Instead, it dips its head underwater to scoop up fish. Several pelicans may fish cooperatively, moving into a circle to concentrate fish, and then dipping their heads under simultaneously to catch fish.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013
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