Pelican floats lazily on a pond
From one of my many recent visits to St Vrain State Park in northern Colorado. This handsome bird was plying its way across one of the ponds. The sun was…
Pelican’s flight with the snow-covered Rocky Mountains
One of those, “My wife loves pelicans so I have to take pictures of them” posts. :-D This past weekend I photographed a number of them in northern Colorado. This…
Head on with a pod of pelicans
These guys looked quite serious and almost intimidating. :-D Yesterday morning I got back to camp to enjoy some coffee with my bride when she pointed out there were a…
American white pelican banks hard right in preparation for landing
Another sign of the changing seasons when these somewhat goofy looking but beautiful birds return to the Colorado plains. Yesterday there were more than a couple dozen hanging out at…
Pelican performs a Rocky Mountain high flyby
A fun shot from yesterday morning’s outing. Several pelicans were circling area ponds, looking for breaks in the ice to land in. This one flew right in front of a…
“So a bald eagle, osprey and red-tailed hawk walk into a bar…”
Joe the pelican thought he was hilarious. His friends ignored him and kept preening or just looked away. :-D A fun find yesterday at St Vrain State Park here in…