Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican Takes Off

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summer is here. The park is fading from green to brown. The masses of migrating shore and water birds have

These two Brown Pelicans worked the northern and western shores of the park hard this morning. Cruising at an altitude

It was one of those magical evenings at the park when the sun is setting in the west and the

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