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Taken yesterday near Fort Morgan, Alabama:

Update: Thanks for all of the kind words.  I’m truly blessed to have some great photography equipment these days.  I didn’t realize that so many others were also big fans of pelicans.  If you’re interested, you can view the larger set here.

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  1. Those look like Audubon prints with the flat blue background and color effects. Impressive skill

      1. Gorgeous pics. Suitable for enlargement and framing. What mp? What model Nikon? If I may ask?

        2. PS I always shoot in RAW so each file ends up being about 50MB. Though when posting here on SDA I have to reduce the size to less than 150KB.

          1. “Thanks, Ken but my Nikons are superb technology.”
            your modesty is showing… attributing the images to your equipment. 🙂
            the images are a joy and you can’t escape responsibility for that.

      2. Curious Robert…what Body/Lens Combo were ya shooting..?
        Some wonderful shots..!!

        Am also Nikon guy.
        D700 retro FX…love it.
        And for a second, a D7100.

        Cheers

        1. I also have a D7000, which was my first Nikon DSLR. But it got damaged in the rain in Hiroshima.

          I thought these cameras were waterproof. They’re not!

  4. a wonderous bird is the pelican
    his beak can hold more than his belly can
    he holds enough in his beak to last him a week
    but I don’t know how in the hell he can

  7. Marvellous pics Robert, I am truly taken aback by the quality.
    Bye the way, I wonder who the shy guy is that is caught in your 2nd frame poking his head out to the right of the higher piling and his tail showing out to the left of it? Intriguing!
    Thanks for the treat Robert !

  8. Robert,
    Great shots of God’s gorgeous creatures, my friend—the colors, that wing span, those beaks– just amazing. I have saved all your photos since D-day, June 6, 2019 including the ones you sent to Steve E and to us all at SDA.

    Many thanks!

    1. As you know, Nancy, I’m more than willing to provide hi-res originals to any SDA’er who wants them.

      Consider an extra perk of visiting and commenting here on SDA.

  9. Very well done, Robert.

    Couldn’t help but think of the “birds descended from dinosaurs” debate looking at the aerial shots.

  11. Those are TERRIFIC Robert.
    I did the old double-click zoom-in on the eyes and feathers as my late mentor taught me to do for self assessment, and wow, bang on dude.

    1. As some of you know, I’m a transplanted Canadian in SF. Moved there in 2014. But the policy reactions to Covid have destroyed the city. I was back for 2 days in late December and the only thing anyone talked about was crime. Plus the Community Mask Quotient was 80%+. So I left again as quickly as I could.

      I’m now in NW Florida. It is gloriously free here and people are SANE!

      Last year I worked remotely from 40 states. There will be less states in 2022 but I will work remotely forever if I can.

  13. Nice pics, I’m jealous being in the frozen north. Now try fishing near them, and offer them some treats. They’ll try to eat your whole atm.

  14. Sone years ago camping out at Chain Lakes I wished I had a video camera. Each morning a flock of about 12 or so pelicans would do aerial manoeuvres over the lake in formation. This.would go on for about 20 minutes. Then they would break off and do whatever they did during the day.

    1. My wife and I once day-tripped out from Calgary to Chain Lakes. Coincidentally Fish and Wildlife were restocking trout from a huge truck down the boat ramp. Also coincidentally were about a dozen or so American pelicans cruising back and forth about a hundred feet offshore, just scooping ’em up!

  15. Robert,
    Wonderful photos of absolutely magnificent creatures. I envy your skill.
    Thank you from another expat Canadian (now American) safely ensconced in South Texas.

    Regards,
    Limestone Cowboy

  16. I remember during the early 1980s in Saskatoon, brown pelicans used to land on the river near the university. During the summer, they attracted a lot of sightseers and I got some nice pictures of them with my Pentax using a zoom lens.

  17. Great pics Robert. Wonderful colors and backgrounds.
    We go to Fort Morgan at least once a year and rent a house. It’s a wonderful place if you don’t like crowds since there is a large preserve between the last house and into the actual Ft Morgan fortifications. And the pelicans are certainly something to see. But your pictures make me want to go down there now instead of waiting.
    Thanks for letting us see them.

  18. Great pix, although I first read Fort Morgan, Alberta, and thought it was going to be about global warming…

  19. Very nice pictures, Robert. I’ve not been to Northwest Florida, although its been on my list for two decades. I hear the beaches there are amazing. Have a great week.

  20. Nice shots. I miss watching them soar and fish off Reddington Beach. Florida became my favorite place.

  21. Beautiful pictures!
    Wow!
    I caught one bare handed once while cleaning fish at a public cleaning station that had a hook and line in him.
    He allowed himself to be caught although he did struggle to get away you could tell he knew enough not to totally spaz out. Coolest bird I’ve ever caught.

  23. Beautiful pics — majestic birds.
    I just found out recently that pelicans migrate, that they fly north in the warm months and then go back south. I thought they were always in warm ocean-adjacent areas.

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