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Dalmation Pelican (+PiP)

Dalmation Pelican (+PiP)
Since last year WWT Arundel has introduced some Dalmation Pelicans to the reserve. Their new pond and surroundings are really lovely, but not very photography friendly. Unless the birds are on the water it is almost impossible to get a photo of one without a fence in the background. You'll note that their wings are clipped as well, which is obviously to stop them flying off........but such a shame :-(

There's another image in the PiP. Thanks for looking!

Amelia, Patrick Brandy, Puzzler4879, Gudrun and 20 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club has replied
Glad you like them John. Thanks for dropping by!
3 years ago.
 Patrick Brandy
Patrick Brandy club
Superbe
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club has replied
Thank you very much Patrick :-)
3 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
“A wonderful bird is the Pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can hold in his beak
Enough food for a week!
But I'll be darned if I know how the hellican?”

― Dixon Lanier Merritt

Lovely shots - both. I have seen them in St.James' Park in London, but I don't know if the wings were clipped or not. I have to assume that they were or they'd have flown to better places. ;-)
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club has replied
Ha, ha.............it's years since I read that poem, it's brilliant!

Glad you like the photos too. Thanks for commenting Amelia and making me smile :-)
3 years ago.

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