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Posted: 16 Feb 2022

Taken: 28 Jan 2022

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Dalmation Pelican (+ PiP)

Dalmation Pelican (+ PiP)
Another image of one of the pelicans at WWT Arundel plus another in the PiP.

The pelicans have their flight feathers trimmed annually to prevent them from flying off. This seems cruel but this species of pelican has declined greatly over the past 100 years. The most likely reason is habitat loss due to human activities such as the drainage of wetlands and land development. These ones are part of conservation efforts taking part throughout Europe.

Günter Klaus, xenophora, Jörg, ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ and 23 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Keith Burton
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Thank you Jeff..............my pleasure!
2 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
WHAT A BEAUTY!!!! Love the details and your portrait shot is FABULOUS!! That reminds me of a picture I got on our trip! Steve laughed so hard when I told him a group of pelicans is called a "flotilla of pelicans" and used the term whenever possible! :D Here's a link to my photo album on Google, as I haven't posted here: Flotilla of Pelicans at Fish Lake, Oregon
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Keith Burton
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Thanks Janet.............you're very kind. That's a beautiful image in the link and having seen it, it's easy to see why the collective noun is a "flotilla".
2 years ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Wow,diesen Pelikan hast du wunderbar fotografiert lieber Keith,besonders mag ich dein Portraitbild vom Pelikan,wie toll auch seine Augen rauskommen und mit dem feinen Bokeh ,das sind wunderbare scharfe Aufnahmen,er hat auch sehr schön posiert für Dich :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))
10 days ago.
 Keith Burton
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Thank you for another visit to my older photos Güni.............it's always a pleasure for me when you like one of my photos.

I'm pleased you like this one...........when this was taken the pelicans were a relatively new addition to the wildlife centre, so seeing and photographing them was a bit of a novelty.

Have a good evening........and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Best wishes, Keith,
10 days ago.

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