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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Feb 3, 2005
Description:
Suddenly, out of the last beams of a sinking sun, appears a monstrous apparition, reawaking ancient dreams of marauding reptiles of the air and setting to fleeing flight a fearful flock, screeching doom and damnation to the anachronistic intruder. From his artificially elevated position the intruder marvels at their frantic and precise formation flying.
Date Taken:
Feb 3, 2005
Place Taken:
St. Johns River, FL
Owner:
Dan Nickens
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Jon Ladd - Feb 03,2005
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Dan, You just couldn't let those Pelicans alone could you?
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Bruce Bennett - Feb 03,2005
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Beautiful shot. I feel wierd saying this, but I've only seen greyish Pelicans. These are quite beautiful. JB
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Dan Nickens - Feb 03,2005
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It's not my fault, Jon, that they parked next to the channel landing area. You need to make Bruce take you up the river, Judy, to see these guys. The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorynchos) has a wing span of up to 8' and frequents coastal lagoons and large inland water bodies. Unlike their cousins, the brown Pelicans (yeah, I know, they look gray) these guys don't dive bomb fish. Instead they feed in groups from the water surface scooping for fish. They are common in peninsular Florida from September to April. And finally, Frank, you might be surprised about how catherders fly in a panic (or not, I recall a peculiar formation reaction when you were attacked by a deranged Piper....we just kept flying like nothing happened, eh?).
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Ben Bienvenu - Jul 05,2007
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A wonderful bird is a pelican... his beak can hold more than his belly-can!<br /><br />We have them to in the winter - S. Louisiana. I look forward to their visits around Christmas in some of the inland lakes, but you can see them on the Gulf of Mexico if a real wintery blast pushes the water fowl all the way.
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