Australian pelican in Flight
by Blair Stuart
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Title
Australian pelican in Flight
Artist
Blair Stuart
Medium
Photograph - Digital Images
Description
This image of an Australian Pelican was captured at San Remo Fishing Boat Harbour.
The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is found all around Australia and is the biggest of the 8 species of Pelicans found worldwide. Pelicans as a whole are big birds with a very large wingspan, large beaks and are very well known One of the reason such a big bird can fly is that its skeleton is very light (10% of their weight). Australian Pelicans are white in colour with black wingtips and black markings on their tail. Behind their head and part way down their neck there is a "streak" of grey Their bill and very large bill pouch are pink and is the longest beak/bill of any, of all the types of Pelicans in the world , whilst their legs and feet are blue-grey in colour. They are so buoyant they cannot sink under water, though unlike most water birds they do not have a lot of water proof oil on their feathers etc so they can get wet and cold .
Wingspan 2.5 meters to 3.4 meters. Length 1.6 to 1.9meters. uy7Weight 4 to 6.8 kg up to 8.2 kg. Australian Pelicans eyes are brown and white.
The female is slightly smaller than the male. Feet of a Pelican Pouched bill 40 to 47 cm and can hold 9 to 13 litres of water. They have 4 webbed toes.There vocalisation is a chesty rumbling or deep growling. In the wild they can live between 10 and 25 years.
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VIVA Anderson
Wow, what an outstanding photograph...gorgeous subject,stunning clarity,love the close-up !!.........fv............VIVA , regards (waiting to hear back,pls)
Blair Stuart replied:
Thank you, your support is always greatly appreciated and valued. I sent you two emails, no reply to either??