Brown pelicans in flight
Jan 14, 2020 09:25:56 #
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
St. Marks, Florida
Nov 2019
Brown pelican by Paul Sager, on Flickr
The brown pelican is now a staple of crowded coastal regions. The brown pelican is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. In the 1993 film The Pelican Brief, based on the novel by John Grisham, a legal brief speculates that the assassins of two supreme court justices were motivated by a desire to drill for oil on a Louisiana marshland, a protected habitat of the brown pelican.
Brown pelican
The brown pelican is a strictly marine species, primarily inhabiting marine subtidal, warm estuarine, and marine pelagic waters. It is also found in mangrove swamps, and prefers shallow waters, especially near salty bays and beaches. It avoids the open sea, seldom venturing more than 20 miles from the coast.
Brown pelican
Digital images shared in this post were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II along with the Extender EF 2x III. The camera / lens were mounted to a RRS gimbal head and tripod. Processing was performed in Lightroom and noise processing in Topaz DeNoise6.
Brown pelican
The brown pelican lives on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts in the Americas. On the Atlantic Coast, it is found from Nova Scotia to the mouth of the Amazon River.
Brown pelican
The brown pelican is a monogamous breeder within a breeding season, but does not pair for life. Nesting season peaks during March and April. The male chooses a nesting site and performs a display of head movements to attract a female.
Brown pelican
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St. Marks, Florida
Nov 2019
Brown pelican by Paul Sager, on Flickr
The brown pelican is now a staple of crowded coastal regions. The brown pelican is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. In the 1993 film The Pelican Brief, based on the novel by John Grisham, a legal brief speculates that the assassins of two supreme court justices were motivated by a desire to drill for oil on a Louisiana marshland, a protected habitat of the brown pelican.
Brown pelican
The brown pelican is a strictly marine species, primarily inhabiting marine subtidal, warm estuarine, and marine pelagic waters. It is also found in mangrove swamps, and prefers shallow waters, especially near salty bays and beaches. It avoids the open sea, seldom venturing more than 20 miles from the coast.
Brown pelican
Digital images shared in this post were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II along with the Extender EF 2x III. The camera / lens were mounted to a RRS gimbal head and tripod. Processing was performed in Lightroom and noise processing in Topaz DeNoise6.
Brown pelican
The brown pelican lives on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts in the Americas. On the Atlantic Coast, it is found from Nova Scotia to the mouth of the Amazon River.
Brown pelican
The brown pelican is a monogamous breeder within a breeding season, but does not pair for life. Nesting season peaks during March and April. The male chooses a nesting site and performs a display of head movements to attract a female.
Brown pelican
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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Jan 14, 2020 09:31:35 #
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Jan 14, 2020 10:07:27 #
They are always fun. Headed back to La Jolla Cove in Ca to shoot’em again later this week. Breeding plumage now and they can be amazingly colorful. Thanks for the post!
Jan 14, 2020 10:38:03 #
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Jan 14, 2020 13:52:55 #
Nalu wrote:
They are always fun. Headed back to La Jolla Cove in Ca to shoot’em again later this week. Breeding plumage now and they can be amazingly colorful. Thanks for the post!
Thank you Frank! Some of the birds flew by almost as if interested in seeing what I was doing. Looking forward to the La Jolla results.
Jan 14, 2020 13:53:15 #
Thank you Don, Bob, Earnest, Adam, Ken! I found a spot in the gulf just hoping to see what flew by. Luck was a bunch of pelicans. Glad you enjoyed.
Jan 14, 2020 14:58:00 #
Jan 14, 2020 15:29:34 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge br St. Marks, F... (show quote)
The pictures are so beautiful Paul....Great capture.
Jan 14, 2020 16:24:48 #
Jan 14, 2020 17:57:44 #
Thank you Mike, Saigon, Swamp-Cork! Two days at St Marks proved to be the only in-flight days from a month in FLA.
Jan 15, 2020 05:30:27 #
Jan 15, 2020 06:48:35 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge br St. Marks, F... (show quote)
Outstanding images Paul
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