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Pelecanus occidentalis

* Birds Brown Pelican 

Pelican’s Flight

November 13, 2019November 4, 2019 Marty Nicolaus Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelicans have been visiting the North Basin in modest numbers this past week, while my camera was busy with

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* Birds Brown Pelican 

Pelican Pop-up

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus

As if on a signal, dozens of Brown Pelicans descended out of a blue sky onto the waters of the

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Pelicans At It

July 1, 2019June 26, 2019 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

Two and then three Brown Pelicans found the North Basin easy pickings this afternoon. This short video shows them taking

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* Birds Brown Pelican Not BUOW 

Brown Pelican Takes Off

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

I happened to be at the Open Circle Viewpoint, showing a young expert birder the “Owl on the Rocks,” when

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A Beautiful Pair

November 20, 2018November 12, 2018 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelicans sometimes flock to the North Basin, the body of water east of the park, in large numbers; more

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* Birds Brown Pelican 

A Pelican’s Shake

November 12, 2018November 6, 2018 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

A Brown Pelican sitting in the water not far away did something not very remarkable.  It stretched its neck, shook

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* Birds Brown Pelican Bufflehead 

Pelicans in Slow Motion

November 8, 2018November 3, 2018 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

It was one of those days when Brown Pelicans, three of them, were hunting in the southern portion of the

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A Hundred Pelicans

August 31, 2018November 4, 2019 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

More pelicans than I’ve ever seen before in one place gathered on the North Basin at the minus .7 tide

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* Birds Brown Pelican 

Plenty of Pelicans

August 22, 2018August 14, 2018 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

I rarely saw Brown Pelicans on the water in the North Basin until recently.  When seven of them appeared at

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* Birds Brown Pelican 

A Pelican Pow-Wow

July 17, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Pelecanus occidentalis

The last time I saw this many pelicans here, they were dive bombing a herring run.  No grown herring visited 

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