Brown Pelican Flight

Bird photography ~ Finding the beauty around us

Brown Pelican in flight ~ Photo taken at the mouth of the Santa Clara River, Ventura, California.

The Brown Pelicans were flying back and forth between the river mouth and the nearby breakwater

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Brown Pelican watches a wave, Emma Wood State Park

Brown Pelican watches a wave at Emma Wood State Beach, Ventura, California - White Pelican

The compressed perspective using the telephoto made the wave look closer than it really was.

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