brown pelicans

As I headed back to my hotel for the night, I watched several flocks of Brown Pelicans flying north-west into the sunset to wherever their evening "commute" takes them - perhaps Alcatraz? Angel Island? Or the bay and ocean shores in Marin? Not sure where they go for the night, but it...

A Merry Christmas to everybody on the 'right' side of the Atlantic.

Nothing really silly about this shot except context. Have those Brown pelicans heading towards the Golden Gate just escaped from Alcatraz?

The mouth of the Russian River pools behind a seasonal sand spit "dam" where it meats the ocean at Jenner. Seals and Sea Lions pup on the beach and that pool is where their pups learn to swim. Pelicans, gulls and cormorants come to use the pool as a fresh-water bath to rinse salt off...

Adult and young'ns, I think, on a nursery rock just off Bodega Head.

I must have hit a wrong button while carrying the camera, and didn't check before taking this shot. Badly overexposed ... and yet it kinda works ;) Consider it my Saturday Fun shot one day late. Was out shopping yesterday and then at a housewarming party 'til over midnight, so didn't browse or...

Not my best quality pics today. The first two were taken looking down at the Bay from about 65 meters up on the Golden Gate Bridge. This one of two Brown Pelicans in breeding plumage. They were flying in towards the Bay under the bridge, so rather an unusual angle for a fly-by

I'm not sure why they like plunging together, but I assume it's to there advantage.

Brown Pelicans, ready to dive

Mom and Pop Fishing Industry. Brown Pelicans and Magnificent Frigatebirds mooching. Taken in Bahia Hermosa just off shore from Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

Learned something new on this trip. Pelicans go to trees to roost at nite. They don't sleep on the water. It was strange to see these big birds sitting in the trees.

This preening Brown Pelican seems a bit out of place with all these White's. I guess to a Pelican, it is no big deal. Maybe humans could learn something from birds.

These were taken from a boat out in Monterey Bay.

This was a really common sight on my recent trip to California.

I was really taken by the brown pelicans on a recent trip to California.....just couldn't stop clicking away. This was taken at a place were there were hundreds, just hanging out.

Another one that I'm not too sure about.....couldn't decide whether there was something in it or whether it should be binned. Don't be too hard on me.

I'm somewhat unsure about putting these two up.....tell me if they're rubbish.

This female Brown Pelican was not having a lot of success at fishing this day. It did allow me to make several images as she flew back and forth.

Brown Pelicans

I have so many pictures of these guys, but I can't help but photograph them!

Low tide is my favorite time to visit the beach. The rocks are so pretty and there are so many birds poking around in them. It's funny to watch the pelicans navigate their way around ont he slippery rocks and grip w/ their webbed feet.

Juvenile Pelecanus occidentalis over La Jolla, CA, 08-30-04, CP 5700 1.5X.