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Doc Duck

Incomparable (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Without that enormous transport plane for comparison, Brown Pelicans still look big. Not the biggest birds in the world, but definitely above the median.
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Habitat
Bay
Location
San Francisco Bay Trail
Date taken
12 Nov 2023
Scientific name
Pelecanus occidentalis
Equipment used
Nikon z6ii, Tamron 150-600
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Great photo of this immature pelican...and rather timely from my perspective given that I recently wrote a post about brown pelicans in the "Bird Behavior" forum. As I noted there, pelicans remind me of pterosaurs when in flight and your photo gives a good illustration of this.
 
Macswede
A beautiful flight capture, Doc! Brown Pelicans in flight always make me think of pterodactyls and suchlike.
 

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Category
North America
Added by
Doc Duck
Date added
View count
199
Comment count
11

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 6_2
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/2000 second(s)
ISO
500
Filename
_aDSC7522 BRPE.JPG
File size
687 KB
Date taken
Sun, 12 November 2023 2:21 PM
Dimensions
2765px x 1839px

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