Early Morning Sun - White Pelicans

PrescottPhotog

A few more shots that have been gathering dust. These are very early morning shots of a few rare (for us) White Pelicans.. on a short stopover probably on their way to The Salton Sea.

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#2


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#5


#6


#7 - a couple of Cormorants


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#9

Maestro

Well done. I love 3, 4 and 8. Great job on the exposure for that white plumage. Number 8 I like because you caught that cormorant with some fine display plumage. Was this during breeding season for them?

JohnDC

Nice shots, Chris--lots of animated poses. The pelicans at the Salton Sea must be pooped out after their migration--they mostly sleep, preen, then fly off to feed.

Rolling Stone

Great shots, pelicans rawk.

redleash

Great series. #2 and #4 for me, but all of them are good. You really captured all these birds in some typical poses. I like the cormorant plumage also.

Ric Grupe

Pelicans are cool. They can be quite comical.

Thanks for posting these, Chris...I feel better than before I saw them.D

PrescottPhotog

Maestro wrote:

Well done. I love 3, 4 and 8. Great job on the exposure for that white plumage. Number 8 I like because you caught that cormorant with some fine display plumage. Was this during breeding season for them?

Hi Stephen, Thanks for the comments on the Pelicans.. This small group stayed a couple days and left. The Cormorant shots were taken late spring, early summer, just before the young left the nest. They really keep the adults working, non stop trips to keep them fed.

PrescottPhotog

JohnDC wrote:

Nice shots, Chris--lots of animated poses. The pelicans at the Salton Sea must be pooped out after their migration--they mostly sleep, preen, then fly off to feed.

Hi John, Thanks for your comments. These guys were pretty muddy and dirty, probably from a long trip south. We get a few every year but they don't hang out long.

PrescottPhotog

Rolling Stone wrote:

Great shots, pelicans rawk.

Hi, Thanks for your comments

PrescottPhotog

redleash wrote:

Great series. #2 and #4 for me, but all of them are good. You really captured all these birds in some typical poses. I like the cormorant plumage also.

Hi Lauren, Thanks for your comments.. I had to chuckle when viewing my shots, it was like they were having an early morning coffee clutch.. very sociable birds (to each other).

PrescottPhotog

Ric Grupe wrote:

Pelicans are cool. They can be quite comical.

Thanks for posting these, Chris...I feel better than before I saw them.D

Hi Ric.. Thanks for viewing and for your comments !!

grimace

Wonderful job!! I really like #3. Great series.

raptorcaptor

I like the pose in #8, Chris!