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Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

Photo by Muckpuk
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Field Notes

Description:

Huge white and black bird with an enormous pink beak.

Habitat:

In an Estuary near Flying Fish Point, Queensland, Australia.

Notes:

While I sat down to take a rest after photographing the Red Tailed Black Cockatoos, we saw this bird on the other side of the Estuary.

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Australian Pelican

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