Pelecanus occidentalis

The giant American White Pelicans that we’ve seen a few weeks back are beautiful to watch, but their feeding repertoire

Distressing news reports from Southern California speak of pelicans suffering starvation there, due to disappearing fish schools in waters warmed

The Brown Pelicans we see here fairly often, and a distant Peruvian cousin, are the only members of the pelican

These two were keeping close company on the North Basin waters, taking to the air and then diving together. The

The full moon flexed its muscle today. Overnight it pulled up the waters of the North Basin over the seawalls

Two weeks after the mammoth pelican pow-wow, where several hundred of the great birds descended to feed on the North

I thought I had missed them. As I was parking, I saw a big flock of Brown Pelicans in the

If it’s a Brown Pelican, how come its neck is white? Answer: that’s how they get when they’re not breeding.

Brown Pelicans were hard at work this morning, taking off, soaring, then plunge-diving for fish, and repeat. The hunting must

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