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Australian pelicans are found throughout the country wherever there is fresh or salt water, estuaries, lakes, swamps, rivers, coastal islands and shores. Their most distinctive feature is their elongated bill with its huge throat pouch. They are very mobile, always on the lookout for food.
They cannot sustain lengthy periods of flying but can cover hundreds of kilometers over a 24 hour time span. By utilizing thermal air currents, they can reach high altitudes and can travel up to 56 km/per hour. When pelicans immerse their bills in water, they use their pouches as nets.
Australian pelicans will feed alone or in very large groups and when combining their efforts in a flock, they drive fish into a concentrated mass by using their bills and flapping their imposing wings. The fish are forced closer towards shallow waters, by the surrounding pelicans by using circular motions.
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Wow liked your post .. happy reading it .... really amazing .... thank you for sharing a good day.
Thanks so much for pausing to view these images @imranpase Very nice to meet you.
Bottoms up! Cute picture!
Wow. What a beauty of nature!
Actually i havent seen this animal upclose before. It never occurred to me that they even existed as i use to watch them in cartoons.
Thanks for the picture.
I'm very happy to introduce them to you then @joshuanaabu I have many more pelican photos to post as they live very close to me and I have gathered quite a collection. I prefer to take photos with my camera for better quality images but I didn't think these were too bad with using my phone. Nice to meet you and thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
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An amazing looking bird @trudeehunter! Its eyes seem so large; all the better to see the fishies, it might say :) And quite organized too, interesting corralling system!
They certainly are amazing birds @stanleyparker I could watch them for ages . Many thanks for your kind upvote.
The photo display is very natural, I think you really enjoy when photographing this animal.
Thank you @nazarul You are correct, I do really love taking photos of these amazing birds. Nice to meet you.
You're welcome . I really like photography, I hope someday you will go to my country to photograph many different birds here.
That is very kind of you @nazarul I’d really love to but I don’t know how possible it would but I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Thank you 😊
Yeah .. that could happen. But more importantly I am happy to get acquainted with you, do not forget to visit my blog maybe there we can exchange stories. Thank sister..
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Oh wow Trudee, these are stunning shots of these marvelous birds!!!
Thank you Lena. I love pelicans. They are surprisingly graceful even though they are large birds.
Always a pleasure Trudee.............yes they truly are 😊
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great photos of the pelican :)
Thanks very much @mystic-creature
Oh my! Look at the face on him!
They’re impressive looking birds aren’t they ?
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Beautiful photos Trudee. Taking these for my wall :)
Many thanks my friend. They will enjoy looking at your awesome bird 🦅 blogs.
Excellent wildlife collection!
Thank you very much @lundsten Glad you like them.
Thanks too, for the generous upvote and resteem Alf. I'm very grateful.
Wonderful shots and very informative post.
That's great to hear @coquiunlimited Thanks a lot for stopping by and for the kind upvote.
I always love their eyes that seems like fake ...;-)
Great shots my dear, I never met them in real ^_^
Pelicans do have large intense eyes don't they Barbara? Their eye sight must be incredible......all the better to find the amount of fish they need to keep them healthy no doubt.