Flock of Pelicans

in Feathered Friends3 years ago

Have you seen the pelicans flying?

I saw few times flocks of pelicans and they were rather away. I made couple of shots but I wasn't pleased with them. Last time while hubby and I were in the park searching for birds, we got lucky to see again the pelicans. I have to admit that this is always luck to be at the right time and place. The flock wasn't big, like the ones with the storks. You have no idea how sorry I am for spoiling the images of the black storks. First time ever I have seen black storks and all the photos were overexposed and there were none to show. Now back to the pelicans. Like I said it was luck because they were pretty close and I got plenty of shots to choose from.

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I am not sure what kind of pelicans they are. There are two species that can be observed in my country - Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) and Great White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), which I thought is called rosy pelican as well. The Great White Pelican is migratory bird and lives in colonies in lakes near Burgas, this is south from where I live or in the reserve called Sreabarna on the Danube river. In our Varna zoo, there are several birds and I have photos of them that I have posted before.

They look pretty clumsy on the ground, but look how elegant they are in the sky.

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Just think about it - the wing span of 220 - 360 cm! Now you see that even so high above I could manage to capture some details.

The more I look at the photos after cropping, the more I think that these are the White Pelicans. I can't be hundred percent sure as my photos are not so sharp and I could be easily mistaken. The Dalmatian pelicans are more grayish in colour and I think they lack that black colour of the wings. Dalmatia pelucans also migrate and form colonies in the same places as the White Pelicans.

The flock was flying in V shaped formation but also swirl in spirals. I guess it is because of the thermals.

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And finally a very bad attempt to capture the flock and the Moon, which can be seen at the right end of the images below.

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And that is all for now. Happy birding and may the feather be with you! ☺

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I liked how they fly like a wedge. It's just incredible how the same they instinctively build up such figures.

I saw before another smaller flock and they formed almost a straight line.
They are amazing birds.

The wings from below are very dark, should be white pelicans. I like them very much. They do not live in the Czech republic, I know these birds from Romania my favourite birdwatchers location.

Thank you for suggesting the same - white pelicans.
Hubby said he saw today another flock. We are fortunate to live on the main migratory route.

Amazing birds. I must have spent hundreds of hours just watching them fly and hunt for fish in the Caribbean. Great shots!

You are lucky to have seen them fishing. They are incredible birds and watching them flying above was such a great pleasure. Funny enough other people in the park did not notice them untill hubby and I started shooting and then some stopped and stared at the sky to see what is there.

Oh yeah, they are amazing... Here is one of the photos of them I took there (Mexico).

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Gorgeous!
And your photo is just awesome. ☺
It is like from another world.

My buddy @phortun sure comes up with some amazing photos. Really enjoyed you're post too. Reminds me of visiting my grandparents on the east coast of Florida. We'd see the fishing boats come in and the Pelicans would all go crazy fighting over scraps. Here in Thailand I don't think I've seen pelicans, maybe it's too hot here for them...who knows. Great post and keep up the excellent blog!

I am so glad you like my post and thank you for stopping by.
When I was in Thailand I did not see much of the birds, still got few photos. Did not see pelicans there, but here we are fortunate to see them coming in spring time.

Yeah, I'm living on a small island and I don't see many sea birds here, but going through the jungle sometimes you some really exotic looking birds. How long have you been into photographing birds? Maybe I need to start.

How beautiful they look in flight like a squad of B52 Bombers 😨

They are graceful and yet they are like bombers 🤣

That is for sure 😊