Comments on: Skywatch Friday – American White Pelican

By: Dawn Fine

Dawn Fine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:01:42 +0000

Nice shot! I got my first shots of birds in flight recently..I was so excited…

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:54:46 +0000

Beautiful shot of the pelican on the wing, against the blue sky..

By: The Birdfreak Team

The Birdfreak Team — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:02:20 +0000

Wren – Pelicans really are camera-friendly!!

Louise – I still am surprised to have them in the general area of Rockford, IL

MJ – that is cool… makes sense they’d follow the barges. I was surprised how far north they go to. Especially since “pelicans” are usually assumed to be the brown ones at ocean docks.

Gwendolen – they are definitely sooo cool. And also pretty odd fellows

By: gwendolen

gwendolen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:44:34 +0000

Pelikans are such cool dudes. We can only see them in the zoo, but they always seem to love the camera.

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:51:17 +0000

Excellent shot! During a visit to La Crosse last spring, we were surprised to see a pelican on Mississippi River levee. We grew up there and never saw one in the area until then. We had no idea they came so far north. A worker on one of the paddleboats docked at Riverside Park said they sometimes follow the barges up from delta.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:13:21 +0000

Excellent capture. I was recently traveling and surprised by pelicans in South Dakota. I didn’t even get one shot, so this is a little consolation!

By: Wren

Wren — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:50:08 +0000

Pelicans are so photogenic!