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  1. Incomparable

    Incomparable

    Without that enormous transport plane for comparison, Brown Pelicans still look big. Not the biggest birds in the world, but definitely above the median.
    • Doc Duck
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  2. Plane-spotter story part 2 - Big birds imitating bigger bird

    Plane-spotter story part 2 - Big birds imitating bigger bird

    Turns out that the plane-spotter folks are just about as friendly and generous with information as birders tend to be. So I learned quite a bit about which of the arriving planes that were special one way or another, and when they were expected (the plane-watchers were using flight tracker apps...
    • Doc Duck
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    • brown pelicans pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  3. Brown pelican

    Brown pelican

    • maj.sujan
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    • aruba brown pelecan pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  4. Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican swimming
    • wildwoodlander
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    • brown pelican ecuador pelecanus occidentalis pelican
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  5. Pelican taking off

    Pelican taking off

    Pelican taking off
    • wildwoodlander
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    • ecuador pelecanus occidentalis pelican
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  6. Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican

    • STM
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis pelican
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  7. Another posing nicely

    Another posing nicely

    Brown Pelican Brown Pelicans are huge, stocky seabirds. They have thin necks and very long bills with a stretchy throat pouch used for capturing fish. Their wings are very long and broad and are often noticeably bowed when the birds are gliding.
    • KC Foggin
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    • brown pelican myrtle beach sc pelecanus occidentalis usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  8. The Eastern Version..

    The Eastern Version..

    ...of the Brown Pelican. Driven almost to extinction twice—first by hunting and later by pesticides including DDT—the Brown Pelican is today a shining example of the success of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the work of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    • KC Foggin
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    • brown pelican myrtle beach pelecanus occidentalis south carolina usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  9. BROWN PELICAN Pelecanus occidentalis

    BROWN PELICAN Pelecanus occidentalis

    My wife and I decided to take a day off from unpacking and dealing with things around the house so we drove over to Jensen Beach Park and had a great few hours. I shot this bird while it was in flight and did not realize the sailboat was in the picture.
    • dave598
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    • brown pelican flight florida pelecanus occidentalis usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  10. Brown Pelican 'occidentalis'

    Brown Pelican 'occidentalis'

    Taken in Puerto Rico, making this the 'occidentalis' race I believe
    • Wiganlad
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    • brown pelican brown pelican 'occidentalis' pelecanus occidentalis puerto rico
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: The Caribbean
  11. female Brown Pelican.jpg

    female Brown Pelican.jpg

    Female Brown Pelican
    • Danielbirdwatcher
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis pelican shem creek south carolina usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  12. Male Brown Pelican.jpg

    Male Brown Pelican.jpg

    • Danielbirdwatcher
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    • 1bb brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis south carolina usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  13. When a pelican acts like a vulture

    When a pelican acts like a vulture

    Yesterday at the light was fading at the edge of the mangroves. Three dolphin hunted while a pelican waited for a share of the spoils.
    • IDidiot
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    • brown pelican dolphin florida multi-species pelecanus occidentalis pelican usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  14. Sunset with Tern, Pelican, and Dolphin

    Sunset with Tern, Pelican, and Dolphin

    One of those days where you stay out on the water until the last minute.
    • IDidiot
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    • brown pelican florida kayaking multi-species pelecanus occidentalis pelican royal tern tern thalasseus maximus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  15. brown pelican

    brown pelican

    • bievreJJ
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    • brown pelican california monterey bay pelecanus occidentalis usa
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: North America
  16. If a Pelican took a Selfie

    If a Pelican took a Selfie

    Brown pelican on a canal.
    • IDidiot
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    • florida pelecanus occidentalis pelican
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  17. Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican

    Now here's one smart Brown Pelican. This guy is camped out on a shrimp boat and refuses to be cheated out of a great shrimp meal however that seat he is perched on can't be comfortable for laughing out loud.
    • Danielbirdwatcher
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  18. Laughing Gulls, Brown Pelican

    Laughing Gulls, Brown Pelican

    Laughing Gulls (Larus atricilla subsp. megalopterus), Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis subsp. carolinensis). It started with these three gulls trying to kleptoparasitize the Brown Pelican. The pelicans learn to keep their bills under water which frustrates the gulls and they give up. In...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brown pelican larus atricilla laughing gull pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  19. Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican

    Reposting photo lost in crash
    • peterday
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  20. Brown Pelicans

    Brown Pelicans

    Strong wind and sun created some special conditions today
    • njlarsen
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    • dominica layou river pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: The Caribbean
  21. Brown Pelicans

    Brown Pelicans

    Strong wind and sun created some special conditions today
    • njlarsen
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    • dominica layou river pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  22. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

    Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

    The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican. Photographed at the marina in Cabo San Lucas harbor, Baja California Sur, Mexico
    • Dave Clark
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    • baja california sur brown pelican cabo san lucas mexico pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Waiting for handouts

    Waiting for handouts

    There was a fish cleaning station where the birds are looking
    • njlarsen
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis south padre island by the bridge texas usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  24. Brown Pelican in strong wind

    Brown Pelican in strong wind

    • njlarsen
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    • pelecanus occidentalis port aransas texas usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  25. Brown pelican takes off

    Brown pelican takes off

    The elephant seals were fascinating, but last weekend the "bar" had just opened, the ladies had not yet arrived. There were a few males literally sounding out the competition (I'll show a shot of that action later), but otherwise they were just lying as immobile as possible in the sand...
    • Doc Duck
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    • brown pelican pelecanus occidentalis
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
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