All Dressed Up & Ready to Breed

Today’s post features a beautifully dressed up adult Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) that was posing on a rock at the Los Islotes bird rookery, in Baja, Mexico. The bright colors of the breeding plumage sure is a sight to behold!   After a few minutes, he took flight and flew past our ponga:    

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Fun Friday: Backwards Pelican

Today’s post is about a rather strange looking Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on the Baja Peninsula. As we were boarding our boat “Adventure” for a 6-day cruise in the Sea of Cortez, this young brown pelican was resting on the dock. He’s actually sitting with his feet facing away from me … and his head […]

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