Pelicans at Alafia flats in Tampa bay Florida
Feb 23, 2018 08:45:20 #
patmalone51
Loc: Washington, DC., Montgomery County, MD
Fourth post from this photo shoot on Tuesday (1 was on roseate spoonbills, 2nd on herons, 3rd on egrets and ibises). These are mostly brown pelicans and one white. Top one takes you to the Flickr album with many more. 
850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on Flickr
850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on Flickr
Feb 23, 2018 08:47:39 #
Love pelicans! Very different in a good way. Excellent! Visited your Flickr site. Were the pelicans fairly close? When I see them they are far off in the distance.
Feb 23, 2018 08:51:35 #
Feb 23, 2018 09:01:23 #
patmalone51
Loc: Washington, DC., Montgomery County, MD
Thanks. The images are all cropped but they did get close enough to put a good number of pixels into the frame. If you watch their landing patterns you can see where they're going and reposition yourself.
Feb 23, 2018 09:10:07 #
Feb 23, 2018 09:38:30 #
patmalone51 wrote:
Fourth post from this photo shoot on Tuesday (1 was on roseate spoonbills, 2nd on herons, 3rd on egrets and ibises). These are mostly brown pelicans and one white. Top one takes you to the Flickr album with many more. 850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on Flickr
850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on Flickr1 looks like what the fish saw last.
Feb 23, 2018 11:17:12 #
Feb 23, 2018 15:45:52 #
patmalone51
Loc: Washington, DC., Montgomery County, MD
Correction on location name: Alafia banks, not Alafia flats. Alafia river empties into the bay nearby. The banks are a series of small mangrove islands accessible only by pontoon boat.
Feb 23, 2018 19:45:30 #
Feb 24, 2018 05:51:31 #
patmalone51 wrote:
Fourth post from this photo shoot on Tuesday (1 was on roseate spoonbills, 2nd on herons, 3rd on egrets and ibises). These are mostly brown pelicans and one white. Top one takes you to the Flickr album with many more. 850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on Flickr
850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on FlickrNice set.
Feb 24, 2018 07:03:44 #
Feb 24, 2018 07:31:13 #
Feb 24, 2018 10:34:45 #
patmalone51 wrote:
Fourth post from this photo shoot on Tuesday (1 was on roseate spoonbills, 2nd on herons, 3rd on egrets and ibises). These are mostly brown pelicans and one white. Top one takes you to the Flickr album with many more. 850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on Flickr
850_5551.jpg by patmalone51, on FlickrVery nice action shots indeed....Rich
Feb 24, 2018 11:38:24 #
patmalone51
Loc: Washington, DC., Montgomery County, MD
I think the bird was trying to send some semaphore signals but I couldn't quite make out his spelling. ;)
fourg1b2006 wrote:
Very nice shots of these guys...my favorite is the 1st one.
Feb 24, 2018 11:52:26 #
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