Pelecanus occidentalis

Pelican’s Flight

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

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

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

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