Once again, I snagged these shots at Quick Point Nature Preserve. I was on the observatory deck and the pelicans were diving all around. It was fantastic watching them dive over and over.
Friday, June 18, 2010
American Brown Pelicans
Birding Longboat Key, FloridaI'm trying to finish up the photos I took from our spring birding trip to Longboat Key, Florida. Back then, there was no gushing oil well, and the pelicans were all safe...
Once again, I snagged these shots at Quick Point Nature Preserve. I was on the observatory deck and the pelicans were diving all around. It was fantastic watching them dive over and over.
Once again, I snagged these shots at Quick Point Nature Preserve. I was on the observatory deck and the pelicans were diving all around. It was fantastic watching them dive over and over.
Wow, Great shots. Really like the landing shot! They sure are odd looking birds aren't they!
ReplyDeleteHave lots of whote pelicans around me during the warm months. Like to watch them work in unison. The browns always are fun, sad to think of them getting killed.After shooting them for a week I thought of them as the Old Men of the Sea.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, Kelly!
ReplyDeleteAnd would you believe it? We had an American White Pelican visit the Pawcatuck River in Westerly, down in the southwest corner of RI on the border between RI and CT. That's a rare visitor up here, indeed!
Wow you could almost count the feathers on his back ....really like the spread eagle ooop!! spread pelican shot!!! :}
ReplyDeleteWow you could almost count the feathers on his back ....really like the spread eagle ooop!! spread pelican shot!!! :}
ReplyDeleteWow waht a fantastic post Kelly. The second shot is awesome and I would love to have such a shot in my HD.... Well done...
ReplyDeleteMagnificent photos of a magnificent bird!! Doesn't it look like a bird from the age of dinosaurs?
ReplyDeleteWow! These are really amazing photos. great work!
ReplyDeleteThese are great, but kind of sad to think about their fate now. I posted a white pelican photo.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular shots Kelly, well done.
ReplyDeleteWhen will learn to rid ouselves of our dependence on oil ? :-(
superb images Kelly
ReplyDeleteamazing photos! Since the horrible oil tragedy I've been thinking a lot of our brown pelicans. They seem safe here on the Texas coast for the time being, but the spill reminds me of how fragile all this is.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteSpectacular Kelly. They must be quite a sight to see.
ReplyDeleteTotally awesome pictures! I loved seeing all the details of their feathers.
ReplyDeleteThese are magnificent! wow! Oh for a wrold without oil gushing! These shots would make excellent paintings! I love all the subtle colors in the beak and the feathers!
ReplyDeleteKelly these are just flat amazing. What wonderful camera work!
ReplyDeleteI love brown pelicans; such a striking appearance, and it's so much fun to watch them dive into the water! (When I was in Costa Rica we spent an afternoon on the beach entertaining ourselves giving them points out of 10 on their dives...)
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots, Kelly! I love the detail you captured.
ReplyDeleteWow..great shots! What a wingspan it has!
ReplyDeleteWhat exciting pelican photos. I would love to have been standing next to you!
ReplyDeleteMe too, wish I was there with you! How exciting to see a display of behavior you normally don't see. Beautiful, breathtaking photos as usual, Kelly.
ReplyDeleteOh! Great shots Kelly. Pelicans are such good value aren't they. always up to something, and always photogenic. Lovely post!!
ReplyDeleteIncredible photos again Kelly! I love them all but particularly the second one showing the wingspan.
ReplyDeleteI can't bear to watch those dreadful images of the oil covered Pelicans, such a tragedy!
After seeing so many terrible images of these poor oil covered birds, it is so nice to see your photos of them in all their glory!
ReplyDelete...thanks, everyone. It breaks my heart every time I see a photo of a bird covered in oil. Let's hope they get the well capped soon, but we all know there's going to be a lot more suffering in the days to come.
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly, you need to enter that last one in some sort of photography contest or something....it's just a cracker! You certainly had some amazing experiences on this trip! (-:
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots! I've never seen a Brown Pelican, or for that matter, any pelican. They don't get to Maine often. These shots make me want to go to southern climbs to find one!
ReplyDeletegetting the shot of the wingspan...love it!
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