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Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Photo by NeilDazet
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

An unmistakeable, large brown bird (length 110 cm, wingspan 230 cm), which flies with its neck held in an 'S' shape.

Habitat:

Hanging around fishing market waiting for handouts!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)

Here it is: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/69376061
Greetings. I have another spotting I'm going to post of a Sea Lion where the pelicans fight for scraps with the Sea Lion. It's pretty cool!
I was also in that market. Grande. Greetings.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2013

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