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Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

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36.8225, -75.9979

Field Notes

Habitat:

Marshes, rivers, oceans

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Apple
Wow, those "eyes" must actually be knees or feet then...LOL
LeslieBushCorpuz
LOL...no I thought it was a fish, but in other pictures, I saw it was another water fowl...the cormorant! He popped up in many of the pictures. An alligator would have been much more fun! ; )
Apple
I see it too....looks like a gator

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Mission
Birds of Hampton Roads and surrounding areas.
Photographed
PublishedMarch 5, 2012

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