All Dressed Up & Ready to Breed

By James Braswell | Published April 24, 2013

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

By James Braswell | Published April 19, 2013

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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White Pelicans in Flight

By James Braswell | Published March 31, 2013

Today’s post concludes my encounter with migrating American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) last week. While I was photographing them, I had several opportunities to capture flight photographs of the magnificent birds:   Next up, more Baja trip photos!

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You Know the Migration is On, Whenever …”

By James Braswell | Published March 30, 2013

“… you get to photograph the beautiful American White Pelican!” As I mentioned in yesterday’s “Fun Friday” post, I was able to photograph some American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at the city lake, just a few miles from where I live, on Thursday afternoon. Here are a few of my favorite images. Hope you enjoy […]

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Fun Friday: Bird Contortionist

By James Braswell | Published March 29, 2013

I was working on my computer yesterday around noon, when one of my neighbors called to let me know that he had just heard (from his brother) that there were about a dozen American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at the city lake, just a few miles from where I live. I immediately grabbed my camera/500mm […]

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Lee Metcalf NWR, Part 2

By James Braswell | Published September 21, 2011

Although the Ospreys are one of the highlights for me at the refuge, there are many other interesting things to see there. When I first drove into the refuge grounds, I was pleased to see some fog over the pools:       As the fog began to dissipate, a single American White Pelican (Pelecanus […]

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