Brown Pelican Images, Facts and Information:
Pelecanus occidentalis
- Brown Pelicans are large, gray-brown waterbirds with webbed feet and long bills that have pouches.
- Brown Pelicans are migratory though some populations are year round residents. Brown Pelicans are rarely found far from the coast. They are found along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts.
- Brown Pelicans are fish eaters but they will also consume crustaceans. They plunge dive for their prey.
- Brown Pelicans lay 2 to 4 eggs which take 28 to 30 days to hatch. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous, colonial nesters.
- A group of pelicans can be called a “scoop”, “pod”, “pouch” or “squadron” of pelicans.
- Brown Pelicans can live to be 43 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Brown Pelican photos.
Brown Pelicans plunge-diving
Title: Brown Pelicans plunge-diving
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Brown Pelicans starting to dive
Title: Brown Pelicans starting to dive
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Adult Brown Pelican in a flock of birds
Title: Adult Brown Pelican in a flock of birds
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Feeding Brown Pelicans in the Gulf
Title: Feeding Brown Pelicans in the Gulf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Brown Pelicans in flight with gulls, terns and skimmers
Title: Brown Pelicans in flight with gulls, terns and skimmers
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Juvenile Brown Pelican close up
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican close up
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican vertical pano
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican vertical pano
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Brown Pelican juvenile portrait
Title: Brown Pelican juvenile portrait
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Portrait of a juvenile Brown Pelican
Title: Portrait of a juvenile Brown Pelican
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Immature Brown Pelican on the rocks
Title: Immature Brown Pelican on the rocks
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Brown Pelican juvenile preening at Fort De Soto
Title: Brown Pelican juvenile preening at Fort De Soto
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican preening on a rock
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican preening on a rock
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Resting juvenile Brown Pelican
Title: Resting juvenile Brown Pelican
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Adult Brown Pelican in flight
Title: Adult Brown Pelican in flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican at rest at the Gulf Pier of Fort De Soto
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican at rest at the Gulf Pier of Fort De Soto
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Preening juvenile Brown Pelican in Florida
Title: Preening juvenile Brown Pelican in Florida
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/21/2008
Brown Pelican flying into the sunset
Title: Brown Pelican flying into the sunset
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008
Brown Pelican in breeding plumage
Title: Brown Pelican in breeding plumage
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008
Adult Brown Pelican pano
Title: Adult Brown Pelican pano
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican floating by at the north end of Fort De Soto
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican floating by at the north end of Fort De Soto
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008