Brown pelican formation, Salt Point, 2011. |
I photo'd these brown pelicans last spring as they patrolled the coastline at Salt Point State Park. They came over a crest where I sat, then swooped down to the water's surface, where they flew into the distance low over the water they way they do, taking advantage of the aerodynamics of flying low on the water. I marvel at how their wingtips miss the water's surface.
The pelican is an amazing animal, but I'm not the first to recognize it (thanks for the poem, Dad):
THE PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN
Ogden Nash A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican; He takes in his beak enough food for a week, But I'm damned if I see how the helican.
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