Friday, February 07, 2014

Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Ethiopia
January 2014

    This species was observed at numerous locations throughout Ethiopia, being relatively common on any suitable body of water containing adequate food resources. In common with other species, notably Marabou Storks Leptoptilos crumenifer and African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus, it congregated around human fishermen waiting for every opportunity to snag a free meal.





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David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

I'm a life long birder. My interests are birds, nature, reading, books, outdoors, travel, food and wine.

8 comments:

  1. Noushka7 February 2014 at 05:57

    Although some are dirty, the Great White is a gorgeous pelican!
    Your photos are very beautiful David!
    And the tree in the first pic's background seems impressive!
    N2 and 4 are my favorite!!

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  2. Ramakrishnan7 February 2014 at 05:58

    The pelicans are so gorgeous and beautiful !

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  3. Phil Slade7 February 2014 at 06:08

    Nice shots David. You nicely point out the pelicans are "real" birds despite their sometimes being caricatured and their tendency to become somewhat tame in tourist locations. I remember only the latter sort from Cancun and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen many truly wild ones like yours.

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  4. Sonja7 February 2014 at 10:06

    The Stork forms a "nice" contrast to the Pelicans!

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  5. Helma7 February 2014 at 12:22

    Beautifully these pictures of the pelicans. In the Netherlands alone Pelicans in zoos. Quite by chance came today on the news that there is a pink pelican in our country was spotted yesterday and three pelicans over Belgium. I enjoyed these photos David :-)

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  6. Carole M.8 February 2014 at 05:37

    very interesting when you travel like you do to see the varying birdlife. Wonderful photos David

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  7. Karen8 February 2014 at 23:54

    Excellent shots David! I love pelicans. I have only seen them once when I lived in Australia briefly!

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  8. Unknown1 February 2018 at 06:30

    Your photos are very beautiful.
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