BROWN PELICAN

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Pelecanus occidentalis

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Portrait of a Brown Pelican, left side.
Fully distended Brown Pelican pouch....beak....belican...limrick.
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Mouth agape, a Brown Pelican begins its pouch-stretching manoeuvre.
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Brown pelican grooms its feathers sitting while on the sand (Pelecanus occidentalis); Zuma Beach.
pelecanus beach preening 2008 zuma
Sometimes you just gotta stick your neck out to get things done. Brown Pelican, Zuma Lagoon, scratching a neck itch.
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QQQ-Pelicanus occidentalis in flight looking up GOOD 2006 05-04 Zuma--386cropMODheadshot
QQQ Pelicanus occidentalis flight looking GOOD 2006 Zuma 386cropMODheadshot
Brown pelican tucks under the lip of an early morning wave. (Pelecanus occidentalis); Zuma Beach.
pelecanus rides face breaking wave 2008 zuma
Anacapa Light with Brown Pelicans all flying around because a Bald Eagle was in the area.
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Seven Brown Pelicans in a classic V-formation.
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Pelecanus occidentalis mass on west beach asleep 2010 03-05 SB Coast - 001
Pelecanus occidentalis mass west beach asleep 2010 Coast 001
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2010 03-05 SB Coast - 001
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2010 Coast 001
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2010 03-07 Pt Vicente b - 015
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2010 Vicente 015
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2010 03-07 Pt Vicente - 248
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2010 Vicente 248
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2010 03-07 Pt Vicente - 247
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2010 Vicente 247
Two Brown Pelicans: landing sequence image #2.
pelicanus two mid air stretching 2006 zuma
Sunny day, offshore breeze and a lone Brown Pelican rides the crisp, clean surf.
pelecanus wave wind 2007 zuma
Brown Pelicans soaring above the waves at dawn...Zuma Beach.
pelecanus occidentalis dawn 2006 zuma 10010
Majestic fly by, close up.
qqq pelicanus occidentalis flight looking good 2006 zuma
Pelican soaring at dawn.
pelicans dawn zuma 2004
Portrait of a Brown Pelican, right side.
Meet "Charlie," a regular member of the crew on the old Santa Monica Pier, ca. 1970's.
pelecanus charlie pier
Close view of the left lateral, Brown Pelican at Zuma Lagoon; mohawk catching the sun.
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Brown Pelicans rest on a support cable on the dredge barge in Santa Barbara Harbor, looking out at the oil platforms in the Channel.
pelecanus phalocrocorax silhouette cable 2006 hbrl 034
Ssshh! Sleeping Brown Pelican on the dry sand near Zuma Lagoon. Notice how the long beak fits perfectly back between the two wings and the s-turned neck.
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Brown Pelican coming in for a water landing in Zuma Lagoon.
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Brown Pelican corpse; East Anacapa Island.
pelecanus occidentalis corpse 2006 sta cruz isl 003
Brown Pelican begins its crash sequence from on high.
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Pelecanus occidentalis head back under wing 2006 06-11 Zuma Lagoon--188mod
pelecanus occidentalis head under wing 2006 zuma lagoon
Flock of Brown Pelicans at Dawn....Zuma Beach.
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Two Brown Pelicans at dawn, over the waves.
pelecanus occidentalis flock sunrise 2007 zuma 020
Lone Brown Pelican soaring above the waves.
pelecanus occidentalis flight 2006 zuma 002
Flock of Brown Pelicans on the grassy hillside below Anacapa Light.
pelecanus occidentalis hillside takeoff 2007 anacapa 005
Shake your tail feathers, baby! Brown Pelican in flight.
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Eye-to-eye with a soaring Brown Pelican.
pelecanus occidentalis flight 2007 del rey 1002
Brown Pelican swmming. Channel Islands Harbor.
pelecanus occidentalis water 2006 isl hbr 002
Head shot of a Brown Pelican that landed on the Dive Boat Peace. West Anacapa Island is in the background.
pelecanus occidentalis looking camera 2002 anacapa
Silhouettes of Brown Pelicans soaring over head.
pelecanus occidentalis many looking 2006 zuma 002
Two Brown Pelicans skimming across the clear blue waters. Photo taken from the Gray Whale Census area at Point Vicente.
pelecanus occidentalis looking 2006 vicente
Looks like a coyote howling at the moon, but it's a Brown Pelican seen doing a pouch stretch exercise while sitting on a cable from the dredge barge inside Santa Barbara Harbor. Lucky for us, pelicans don't howl, in fact they are very quite birds.
pelecanus occidentalis dredge wire gullar stretch 2006 harbor 004
The majority of the Brown Pelicans in southern California make their nests on the steep slopes of West Anacapa Island.
pelecanus occidentalis nesting anacapa isl
Eye to eye with the Brown Pelican that landed on the Dive Boat Peace, Anacapa Island.
pelecanus occidentalis peace head 2002 anacapa
Lone surfer catching an early morning wave.
pelecanus occidentalis soaring seq 2006 zuma 004
Adult Brown Pelican standing guard over the bait tanks inside Channel Islands Harbor.
pelecanus occidentalis railing 2006 isl hbr 147
Soaring Brown Pelican reflected on the mirror glass ocean surface.
pelecanus occidentalis soaring glassy reflection 2007 channel
Right lateral aspect of an adult Brown Pelican inside Channel Islands Harbor.
pelecanus occidentalis rail 2006 isl harbor 134
Nice portrait of a white headed adult Brown Pelican.
pelecanus occidentalis rail 2006 isl harbor
Flock of Brown Pelicans roosting along the water's edge; the Sandspit, Santa Barbara Harbor.
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Twice adult Brown Pelicans.
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