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Jun 25, 2006 09:24 |  #1

I just got these ready to go.

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Jun 25, 2006 09:36 |  #2

Nice shots all.


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Jun 25, 2006 13:52 as a reply to  @ dispatchermike21's post |  #3

Great series i had to smile at #2 and i love #4. Thanks for sharing them.


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Jun 25, 2006 14:15 |  #4

Brilliant shots.
In second shot some pelican will have to tell the pelican, second from left to get into sync. But honestly you couldn't have got the moment any better.


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Jun 25, 2006 18:07 |  #5

Very good shots indeed. :-)


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Jun 26, 2006 00:08 |  #6

Thank you so much everyone for your comments.

Tony, nobody has ever, to my knowledge, described on of my images as "brilliant." You just made my day!!! Thank you.



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Jun 26, 2006 04:44 |  #7

Hi there,

really nice shots, they are a wonderful looking bird. Can you tell me what the 2 species are, what type of pelican in shots 1 and 2 there are pelicans with a black cap. The pelicans in Australia are visible black and white when swimming!

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Jun 26, 2006 08:26 |  #8

Darren,

Thanks for the comments. I believe these are all American White Pelican. I think they're in various stages of plummage. I could be wrong. These birds are extremely uncommon in my area. They normally don't range this far west.

Anybody else have a different assessment?



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Jun 26, 2006 09:05 |  #9

Love the Out of sync one :)


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Jun 26, 2006 15:25 as a reply to  @ Bernt-Inge's post |  #10

Thankyou for that here is a link to the birds we have here in Australia http://www.birdphotos.​com.au/pelicanweb/inde​x.htm (external link) they are different and much bigger i think, I know the pelicans here have the largest beak in the pelican family or so i have read.

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Jun 26, 2006 15:28 |  #11

Excellent shots....


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Jun 26, 2006 16:03 |  #12

Nice series of shots of the white pelicans. The flight shot are great. Nice work!


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Jun 26, 2006 22:23 |  #13

Thanks Keith, Angel & SuperDiver. I appreciate the comments.

Darren -- these birds are huge. I don't know how big those in Australia are, but these birds are amazing. I really wonder how they attain lift off. These are 50-65 inches high with a wingspan of up to 114 inches. They are truly amazing.

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Jun 27, 2006 00:34 |  #14

Hi there,

the Australian Pelicans are a massive bird wingspan of 90-100 inches, would love to see your pelicans I thought ours were big(I guess they still are a big boystrous bird). Here is a link to ours http://www.amonline.ne​t.au …ts/australian_p​elican.htm (external link) I was down the coast one day about 3 years ago, and saw a reverse pelican where it should have been white it was black and where it was black it was white, have confirmed since it was a melanistic colour mutation. Before I had my camerea, have been back since with no luck spotting him/her

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