This week’s Photo Challenge at WordPress is Chaos. Here hundreds of blue-footed boobies and pelicans attack a bait ball in the Galapagos Islands. There birds were diving constantly, splashing, screeching, and gorging. Pelicans got so full of fish they were … Continue reading Chaos
Brown pelicans were frequent visitors to the Celebrity Xpedition during Kongo’s visit to the Galapagos Islands last week. The amazing birds are graceful in flight and have an uncanny ability to skim just inches above the waves while searching for food. The have keen eyes and always turn up when there are fish around.
This Florida pelican sits On Top of a piling on a beach north of Tampa. See more on top photos at the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. There seem to be pelicans all over the place in the responses! Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: On Top
Yesterday afternoon Kongo spent several hours at the Gliderport in La Jolla watching paragliders, hang gliders, and sail planes floating and zooming above the cliffs over Black’s Beach. Check out the following images! Continue reading “Flying with Pelicans”
You can tell it’s pelican mating season just by looking at them. The throats of California Brown Pelicans turn bright red and stay that way until after the eggs are in the nest. Both male and female pelicans help build the nest and care for the young. Kongo spied this good looking pelican looking to hook up along the shore at La Jolla Cove in San Diego late this afternoon. Continue reading “Pelican Love”
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