Nice work, Gus. Not sure why exactly, but that third one made me laugh out loud. I mean, pelicans are pretty much always funny looking, but that one just grabbed me. Looks like it was a nice day...
Nice work, Gus. Not sure why exactly, but that third one made me laugh out loud. I mean, pelicans are pretty much always funny looking, but that one just grabbed me. Looks like it was a nice day...
I love pelicans...they can always be bribed for a photo.
Here is the shot i went there for...totally lost the light & after looking at it for 10 years from the road going across the bridge...it didnt turn out anywhere near what i expected so i just took one to see how it would turn out.
Man you have to choose you lane carefully on the bike..you should see the piles of pelican ^%$# under each light !
Somedays each light has a bird on it almost all the way across.
Excellent series Gus. the first shot is terrific. The thrid shhot is very funny. It looks like its trying to hatch the lamp.
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Nice shots Gus. I think the Tern is a Caspian Tern but I could be wrong (Looks a bit like some i've shot before). Must agree that pelicans are the masters of the silly walk
Nice shots Gus. I think the Tern is a Caspian Tern but I could be wrong (Looks a bit like some i've shot before). Must agree that pelicans are the masters of the silly walk
Thats what i found on google also LD...i will wait for the offical indentifier ..possum corner.
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Hi Gus and Luckydog, that there tern is a Little Tern (Sterna albifrons). Yellow bill and black legs, dead give-away. The Caspian has a massive red bill (birdbook's words, not mine).
Today's useless piece of information is that there are fifteen different Terns listed, but only two Oystercatchers. So yours is the Pied O/c Gus, because the other one is a Sooty O/c and is all black.
Nice work, Gus. Not sure why exactly, but that third one made me laugh out loud. I mean, pelicans are pretty much always funny looking, but that one just grabbed me. Looks like it was a nice day...
Thanks everyone...i had better actually go to work today so no birds. Thanks PC for the name I did see that red beak & thought it may have been a breeding thing with the caspian but the 'pepper' colour had me.
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Here is the shot i went there for...totally lost the light & after looking at it for 10 years from the road going across the bridge...it didnt turn out anywhere near what i expected so i just took one to see how it would turn out.
Man you have to choose you lane carefully on the bike..you should see the piles of pelican ^%$# under each light !
Somedays each light has a bird on it almost all the way across.
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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Thanks for looking mate.
Hi Gus and Luckydog, that there tern is a Little Tern (Sterna albifrons). Yellow bill and black legs, dead give-away. The Caspian has a massive red bill (birdbook's words, not mine).
Today's useless piece of information is that there are fifteen different Terns listed, but only two Oystercatchers. So yours is the Pied O/c Gus, because the other one is a Sooty O/c and is all black.
Wish me luck on tomorrow's quest for a blue wren.
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Funny thought, Harry!
ginger (love those odd colored pelicans, especially while driving the freeway??)