What a wonderfull bird is the Pelican

[Matt K.]

His beak holds more food than his belly can
He can stuff in his beak
Enough food for a week
I wonder how the hell he can?


Went to Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park on a lark. Found out there are a pile of Pelicans there, mainly because of the weir, methinks. They sit there waiting for the fish to flip up, so it seems ... anyway, here's a bunch of them


During the breeding period they develop this funny "rudder" on their beaks ... and I though this was to keep them straight while flying ...



There's four of them



This one's taking off ...



this one shows me how much he/she thinks of me ...



incoming ....



Just cruisin' .....



checking for supper ....



just wanna see if I can get my belly wet ....

[Hillbillygirl]

Nice set Matt. Really likin' the take-off, but that head-on shot is awesome. Well done on all. Btw, really like the narrative also.

[edG]

very cool captures, really like #3

[AntZ]

Very cool series. The in flight shot are fabulous.

[mbrager]

Nice find. I like the group shot and the second last in-air shot. Very stately birds for being so awkward looking.

[vyeko]

Great set.Specially like 1,2,5 and 6.

[Matt K.]

Hey thanks all for the kind words .... they are clumsy bird, for sure .. but they do fly very gracefully

[Michaelaw]

One of my all time favorite birds...Very nice captures

[Marko]

lovely set! - faves are shots 2 and 3

[jude01]

Wonderful set. # 2 & 6 are my favs