Happy Pelican Friday! This juvenile doesn't have all the winter colors, but still looking sharp!
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Pelicans are so weird ... Happy Pelican Friday!
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California Brown Pelican have these incredible blue eyes in the winter.
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A weird posture shows pretty markings on this California Brown Pelican.
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Unlike the Atlantic/Gulf variety, the California Brown Pelican gets a red pouch in winter. Both male and female get these colors, but female's pouch tend to be a bit paler.
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A juvenile California Brown Pelican preening, or showing off the wing feathers? Happy Pelican Friday!
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Juvenile Brown Pelican landing. Birds have to brake hard when landing, they don't have wheels. Happy Pelican Friday!
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Final turn before landing. Pelicans learned to fly in the dinosaur era! Happy Pelican Friday.
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The wingspan of the California Brown Pelican is 6.5 to 7.5ft (2 to 2.3m)
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California Brown Pelican are slowly getting their breeding plumage. Some colors start to show up, it for now the eyes are still brown.
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Silly Pelicans! Flapping the wings hard right before landing. They are so far back it gives the impression they have short wings :-)
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California Brown Pelican in flight. Almost perfect aerodynamics! That beak ...
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California Brown Pelican in flight. Happy Pelican Friday!
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California Brown Pelican about to land. Happy Pelican Friday!
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Pelicans have a pouch made of stretchy, featherless skin. They need to stretch it from time to time in order to keep it flexible and healthy. It is part of their preening routine.
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California Brown Pelican in flight. Happy Pelican Friday!
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Hello there, look at all my feathers!
California Brown Pelican landing on the cliffs of La Jolla Cove.
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Quite a commotion when this pelican landed on the cliff with food. A lot of hungry seagulls! it eventually the pelican was able swallow everything in one big gulp. Happy Pelican Friday!
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