Brown Pelican Taking Off — Image by kenne
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There’s a hard-earned lift in him—
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Brown Pelican, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico — Image by kenne
Mother of kings
Perspicacious feeder
Sea breeze glider
Coastal dive bomber
Surface skimmer
Swell floater
Give us a sign.
— Sam Mauzy
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Pelican Harvest 2 comments
Brown Pelican Harvest — Image by kenne
“What, wouldst thou have me turn pelican, and feed thee out of my own vitals?”
— William Congreve
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Brown Pelican Lifting Off 2 comments
Brown Pelican Lifting Off Lake Houston– HDR Image by kenne
The look of skiing,
wings high for lift-off
I notice the scary sound
of the big beautiful bird,
but most of the time,
I felt nothing in the moment
as the wind moved
over the lake waters
the pelican moving
at the speed
of a second hand.
— kenne
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Brown Pelican Taking Off Over Lake Houston — Images by Hugh Poland
On New Year’s Eve, Hugh and I spent some time in Kingwood’s East End Park.
His images of this pelican turned out better than mine.
— kenne
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A Secure Landing 1 comment
Brown Pelican Landing — HDR Image by kenne
“To put it still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing.
To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing
but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.”
— from The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts
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Capturing The Moment — The Eye Of The Pelican 4 comments
The Eye of the Pelican — Image by kenne
The Pelican
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
But I’m damned if I see how the helican!
— Dixon Lanier Merritt
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Capturing The Moment — The Take-off 8 comments
Brown Pelican Taking Flight In Puerto Peñasco — Images by kenne
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Brown Pelican Fishing In The Gulf Of California 2 comments
Brown Pelican Diving For Fish In The Gulf of California — Images by kenne
“It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and
preserve it.” –Edward Abbey
Brown pelicans are the only pelican species that strictly inhabits marine habitats;
they are never found more than 20 miles out to sea or inland on fresh water.
They prefer shallow inshore waters such as estuaries and bays.
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