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Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Description:

these are deliteful!! i had so much fun watching them plunge dive for food and so did the cormorants!!

Habitat:

Bolsa Chica Wetlands

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10 Comments

beautiful capture Hema,congrats and thanks for sharing

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

nice one Hema :)

PieterColpaert
PieterColpaert 10 years ago

Beautiful animal!!

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Penguins,Puffins, Pelicans should never become extinct.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Sarah,that is the breeding plumage.These are high class entertainers!!

sarah in the woods
sarah in the woods 10 years ago

Very nice! I've not seen one with the red before.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

I agree bayucca. These were off the endangered list but now they are back on it :(.
Thnx Reiko. Amazing creatures!!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Nice.

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Huntington Beach, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 4, 2014
Submitted on Feb 4, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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