Recently we were asked to email some photos of our beloved pelicans... these are a few of my personal favourites.
Photographed in Australia and Europe, getting up to all sorts of antics, there's no denying these beautiful birds have personalities all of their own.
A few facts:Size: 1.6 to 1.8 metres
Weight: up to 7 kg
Wingspan: up to 3.4 metres
Lifespan: 25 years
Recently as I walked along my beach (inner city Melbourne), I was fortunate to see around 10 of these great birds flying together. It never ceases to amaze how they fly in a perfect formation, just as though they have inbuilt magnetic compasses.
Oliver seems to enjoy photographing these majestic birds - our photo library is bulging at the seams with pelican shots!
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