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pelicans at fishing
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Copyright: TOMESCU Cezar Valentin (tomcezar)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-11 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-01-29 1:39 |
| Viewed: 710 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
In the Danube Delta.
The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. The tree nest is a crude heap of vegetation.
This is a large pelican, at 160cm length and with a 280cm wingspan. It differs from the Dalmatian Pelican by its pure white, rather than greyish-white, plumage, a bare pink facial patch around the eye and pinkish legs. Immature birds are grey and have dark flight feathers.
More than 50% of White Pelicans breed in the Danube Delta. This pelican migrates short distances, wintering in northeast Africa. In flight, it is an elegant soaring bird, with the head held close to and aligned with the body by a downward bend in the neck.
Pelicans catch fish in their huge bill pouches, most, like this species, while swimming at the surface.
This species has declined greatly through habitat loss and persecution.
The White Pelican is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecanus_onocrotalus
With Canon Eos 5000, kodac film 200. |
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