10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Brown Pelican and the Peruvian Pelican are closely related and once were considered the same species. They are indeed very similar in all plumage stages, but the Peruvian Pelican is nearly twice as big as its northern counterpart. Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. Peruvian Pelican in non-breeding plumage.

Pelicans 157

Pelicans North America Peru Fish 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2023

The northern half of the lake added Corn Bunting , European Turtle Dove , Dalmatian Pelican , Purple Heron , Eurasian Hobby , Eurasian Golden Oriole , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , and only the first of the several Masked Shrikes of the tour (cover photo by Kostas Papadopoulos).

Greece 221

Greece Pelicans Birds Stray Dog 221

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2024

I tried many times with varying degrees of success – the Dalmatian Pelicans ( below ) were one of my better efforts. It was the advent of lightweight, mirrorless cameras that saw me finally abandon digiscoping, while the Panasonic camera I used didn’t have a great pixel count.

Estonia 188

Estonia Poland India Pelicans 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2015

You can tell which abandoned lots host owls by a small roped off area with the tell-tale t-bars that the owls perch upon. But on the morning when my dad and I found them, they were clustered around the entrance to their burrows at the Pelican Boulevard Baseball Fields, a well-known spot for the birds.

Owls 194

Owls Florida Tenant United States 194

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The next one, the lagoon of Vatatsa (at the eastern side of the Valtos Bay), offered a lot more egrets, one Squacco Heron , two distant Dalmatian Pelicans and quite a few little things chirping from their hiding places in the tamarisk bushes by the road. Yet, beside a few Little and one Great Egret , a raft of Eurasian Coots , no birds.

Greece 227

Greece Dogs Pelicans Fish 227

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. My tour list (late September… also, birders were a minority within a group): 1. Mute Swan – Cygnus olor. Pygmy Cormorant – Microcarbo pygmeus.

Bears 267

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails.

New York City 146

New York City New York Birds Breeding 146