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White Pelicans

Three interesting sequences at the bottom of this gallery shows how these birds fish communally while swimming in groups as Sibley mentions.Start the series with photo 1 and click on it to get a full screen picture. Then click your mouse on the "next" command to move to photo 2 and serially go through all 7 shots to see the remarkable action.The last series are a large group,but I also photographed a group of 2 doing the same thing in 7 shots which precedes the large group series.
American White Pelican
American White Pelican		 American White Pelican preening
American White Pelican preening		 American White Pelicans laying back
American White Pelicans laying back		 American White Pelicans
American White Pelicans		 American White Pelican pair and a Double-crested Cormorant pair
American White Pelican pair and a Double-crested Cormorant pair
American White Pelican in full breeding plumage
American White Pelican in full breeding plumage		 American White Pelican in full breeding plumage
American White Pelican in full breeding plumage		 American White pelican in full breeding plumage
American White pelican in full breeding plumage		 White Pelican with juvenile Snowy Egret
White Pelican with juvenile Snowy Egret		 American White Pelicans
American White Pelicans
American White Pelicans
American White Pelicans		 American White Pelican spreads his wings
American White Pelican spreads his wings		 American White Pelican,juvenile drying his wings
American White Pelican,juvenile drying his wings		 American White Pelicans,juveniles showing their black wings
American White Pelicans,juveniles showing their black wings		 American White Pelican eating his fish and being harassed by Ring-billed gulls
American White Pelican eating his fish and being harassed by Ring-billed gulls
1.American White Pelicans in flight from behind
1.American White Pelicans in flight from behind		 2.American White Pelicans in flight looking down upon them
2.American White Pelicans in flight looking down upon them		 3.American White Pelicans in flight from the front
3.American White Pelicans in flight from the front		 4.American White Pelicans in flight from below
4.American White Pelicans in flight from below		 1.Two American White Pelicans doing group fishing
1.Two American White Pelicans doing group fishing
2.Two American White Pelicans swinging around herding fish
2.Two American White Pelicans swinging around herding fish		 3.Two American White Pelicans checking how far they came
3.Two American White Pelicans checking how far they came		 4.Two American White Pelicans Herding fish
4.Two American White Pelicans Herding fish		 5.Two American White Pelicans tighten formation
5.Two American White Pelicans tighten formation		 6.Two American White Pelicans heading for harvest
6.Two American White Pelicans heading for harvest
7.One American White Pelican showing the goal of the exercise
7.One American White Pelican showing the goal of the exercise		 1.American White Pelicans moving toward fishing grounds
1.American White Pelicans moving toward fishing grounds		 2.American White Pelicans closing ranks to begin communal fishing
2.American White Pelicans closing ranks to begin communal fishing		 3.American White Pelicans spreading out
3.American White Pelicans spreading out		 4.American White Pelicans turning away to trap fish
4.American White Pelicans turning away to trap fish
5.American White Pelicans fishing
5.American White Pelicans fishing		 6.American White Pelicans coming up from fishing
6.American White Pelicans coming up from fishing		 7.American White Pelicans moving on
7.American White Pelicans moving on		 1.American White Pelicans cooperatively fishing
1.American White Pelicans cooperatively fishing		 2.American White Pelicans cooperatively fishing
2.American White Pelicans cooperatively fishing
American White Pelican fishing cooperatively
American White Pelican fishing cooperatively		 African Great White Pelican
African Great White Pelican		 African Great White Pelican
African Great White Pelican		 Sacred Ibis with African Great White Pelican
Sacred Ibis with African Great White Pelican		 African Geat White Pelican
African Geat White Pelican

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