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A very proud looking Great Cormorant that I photographed recently at a local rock platform, I especially like the wing feather detail.
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Gray jay, aka camp robber, aka Canada jay, aka whiskey jack, at Pelican Point in Yellowstone National Park a few weeks ago.
Of all the common names (Perisoreus canadensi is the proper name), camp robber is the best description. These guys were boldly landing on our picnic table, and one gleeful nailed a big piece of tuna salad that fell out of my sandwich onto the ground.
Also, I'd love to know how these little guys came to be known, in Canada, as "whiskey jacks"!
Yellowstone National Park
Flitting around the deadfall, picking insects from the debris in the pond on Pelican Point, Yellowstone National Park
The great white pelican is a huge bird—only the Dalmatian pelican is, on average, larger among pelicans. It measures 140 to 180 cm in length with a 28.9 to 47.1 cm enormous pink and yellow bill, and a dull pale-yellow gular pouch. The wingspan measures 226 to 360 cm the latter measurement being the highest among extant flying animals outside of the great albatross.
Overall, the great white pelican is one of the most widely distributed species. During migration, more than 75,000 have been observed in Israel and, in winter, over 45,000 may stay in Pakistan. In all its colonies combined, 75,000 pairs are estimated to nest in Africa.
Great white pelicans usually prefer shallow, (seasonally or tropical) warm fresh water. Well scattered groups of breeding pelicans occur through Eurasia from the eastern Mediterranean to Vietnam. Sedentary populations are found year-round in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert although these are patchy. In Africa, great white pelicans occur mainly around freshwater and alkaline lakes and may also be found in coastal, estuarine areas. These ones live in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Der Weiße Pelikan ist ein riesiger Vogel - unter den Pelikanen ist nur der Krauskopfpelikan im Durchschnitt größer. Er misst 140 bis 180 cm in der Länge mit einem 28,9 bis 47,1 cm langen, riesigen rosa-gelben Schnabel und einer stumpfen, blassgelben Kehlsack. Die Flügelspannweite beträgt 226 bis 360 cm, wobei die letztgenannte Größe nur vom großen Albatros übertroffen wird.
Insgesamt ist der weiße Pelikan eine der am weitesten verbreiteten Arten. Während des Zuges wurden mehr als 75.000 in Israel beobachtet, und im Winter halten sich über 45.000 in Pakistan auf. Schätzungen zufolge nisten in Afrika insgesamt 75 000 Paare.
Weiße Pelikane bevorzugen gewöhnlich seichtes warmes Süßwasser. Weit verstreute Gruppen von brütenden Pelikanen kommen in ganz Eurasien vom östlichen Mittelmeer bis nach Vietnam vor. Sesshafte Populationen sind das ganze Jahr über in Afrika südlich der Sahara zu finden, auch wenn sie nur vereinzelt vorkommen. In Afrika kommen weiße Pelikane vor allem in der Nähe von Süßwasser- und alkalischen Seen vor, aber auch in küstennahen Mündungsgebieten sind sie anzutreffen.
Diese Exemplare leben in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia with the lighthouse in background.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
Lesser Flamingoes wading in a shallow pool at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A seagull walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A Lesser Flamingo wading in a shallow pool at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A flock of Lesser Flamingos walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
A seagull walking along the shore at Pelican Point in Namibia.
