Pelican Fly-by
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Pelican Fly-by
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A close-up side view of a brown pelican gliding past in flight over the water of the Gulf of Mexico.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
1000 Views on 1 Image (11/28/2023),
Birds in Flight - 3 a day,
Coastal Water Birds-shore Birds (01/28/2021),
Florida - Art of the Sunshine State &
Wildlife One A Day (12/17/2020)
Brown pelicans are large dark birds found mostly near the coast throughout Florida the Gulf coastal states, ranging up the eastern coast into the mid-Atlantic states in summer. Also found in southern California and the Baja region of Mexico plus Central America and the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile.
Brown pelicans are the only dark pelican and also the only pelican that feeds by plunging into the water to catch fish. They have a large heavy mostly gray body with a very short tail, short legs and webbed feet. The long heavy beak has a pouch underneath. Adult non-breeding birds have a white head and neck, breeding adults have rich dark brown nape and neck. Atlantic & Gulf birds have a dark gray to brown pouch year round, while along the Pacific the pouch is olive becoming red during breeding season. The South American pelicans have a blue pouch in breeding plumage. Juveniles are dirty brown all over except for a white belly.
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December 6th, 2020
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