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Thank you @DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
Nice shot. These are now becoming established in Florida USA. I just posted a spotting near me.
@joan6153 I live in Boynton and work in Boca. You'll probably see similar spottings.
@joan6153 Green Cay but have trouble putting the exact location in for the preserve. I love seeing these. Posting, in a minute, another bird that I have seen too. A Purple swamphen. Same genus but different species.
Thanks @LisaPowers for the great fun fact. I'm gonna post a bird in a minute that is becoming an invasive in Florida that is actually the bird that has been getting the name swamphen. It looks like a"giant" purple gallinule but not as nice looking. Kinda pastel-ish. It is a native of Thailand and seems likely to become established in Florida. I see it often. Its habit is to stay in hiding even more that the purple gallinule and it tears up the swamp plant material. I have had difficulty getting good shots but finally have one. Please what your thoughts are.
Thank you venusflytrap2000. One of my favorite birds.
Thx @Hema Shah. The red pouch certainly is nice looking. The pelicans here are not as pretty.
Nice shot. Did you get to see him on the water?
From reading the references sited here from all of you guys, my lack of knowledge of the red pouch on brown pelicans is related to where I live. I live on the SE coast of Florida. As my numerous photographs and observations have borne out, as well, there are no red pouched pelicans here. I guess that is why I would think that this could not be a brown pelican. Apparently a "Texas to the Pacific" thing.
