Eastern Brown Pelican

Description:

Eastern Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Habitat:

one of the most observed and one of the most notable birds that nest near Cape Lookout Unique among the world's seven species of pelicans, the Brown Pelican is found along the ocean shores and on only a few inland lakes in the southwestern U.S. It is the only dark pelican, and also the only one that plunges from the air into the water to catch its food.

Notes:

Cape Lookout NC 34.7774, -76.399