Brown Pelican Portrait

This was taken at Sargent, Texas... more

by TN Fairey

Title

Brown Pelican Portrait

Artist

TN Fairey

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

This was taken at Sargent, Texas
We took a trip down to Sargent on the Gulf Coast, one of my favorite spots for photographing sea birds. The day was gloomy and the seas rough. There were no birds in sight much to my disappointment so decided to waste no more time and return home. You have to cross a bridge over the Intracoastal waterway and there sitting on the bridge, not two feet away from us was this beautiful brown pelican. Not a bad day after all.

The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a small pelican found in the Americas. It is one of the best known and most prominent birds found in the coastal areas of the southern and western United States. It is one of only three pelican species found in the Western Hemisphere and one of the only two that feeds by diving into the water.
Pelicans are very gregarious birds; they live in flocks of both sexes throughout the year. They are exceptionally buoyant due to the internal air sacks beneath their skin and in their bones, and as graceful in the air as they are clumsy on land. In level flight, pelicans fly in groups, with their heads held back on their shoulders, the bills resting on their folded necks. They may fly in a "V", but usually in regular lines or single file, often low over the water's surface
These birds nest in colonies, often on islands and/or in mangroves. Male pelicans pick out the nesting sites and perform an "advertising" display which attracts the females. Once a pair forms a bond, overt communication between them is minimal.


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February 25th, 2014