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(Adult) Brown Pelican

Pelecanus Occidentalis

Description:

Large beautiful brown bird with white on the top of the head and a long dark beak.

Habitat:

Pacific coast on sandstone cliff in La Jolla. The water was amazing this day!

Notes:

I shot this with a Sony video camera that has a 10mp camera.

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8 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you Nicole. Amazing subjects make great photo's!

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

It's another Beauty, Cindy!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

I'm so excited! I found another image of the brown pelican in my photo library! I placed it as the second image. Enjoy :)

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

Lucky you!
What a gorgeous Beauty!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Yes they are! Thank you Alice

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

The wild wonderful waves in California. Very nice.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you! It was a picture-perfect day. Any chance you can help identify my unidentified coastal wildlife?

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

Very nice pic, the colors of the water are amazing :)

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 9, 2010
Submitted on Jul 20, 2011

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