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.
Adult Brown Pelican leaping from the water
Title: Adult Brown Pelican leaping from the water
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008
Adult Brown Pelican close up at Fort De Soto
Title: Adult Brown Pelican close up at Fort De Soto
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008
Mature Brown Pelican
Title: Mature Brown Pelican
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date 12/9/2008
Adult Brown Pelican about to lift off
Title: Adult Brown Pelican about to lift off
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/9/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican floating by
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican floating by
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/9/2008
Brown Pelican splash down in a tidal lagoon
Title: Brown Pelican splash down in a tidal lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/1/2008
Immature Brown Pelican in flight over a wave
Title: Immature Brown Pelican in flight over a wave
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican in flight
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican in flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/25/2008
Brown Pelican hitting the water head first
Title: Brown Pelican hitting the water head first
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/9/2008
Juvenile Brown Pelican gliding over the Gulf of Mexico
Title: Juvenile Brown Pelican gliding over the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/7/2008
Adult Brown Pelican on a sandbar
Title: Adult Brown Pelican on a sandbar
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/25/2008
Adult Brown Pelican fluffing wings
Title: Adult Brown Pelican fluffing wings
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/25/2008
Adult Brown Pelican on rough waters
Title: Adult Brown Pelican on rough waters
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/25/2008
Brown Pelican in the surf
Title: Brown Pelican in the surf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/25/2008
Brown Pelican skimming along
Title: Brown Pelican skimming along
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/25/2008
Brown Pelican in flight over the Gulf
Title: Brown Pelican in flight over the Gulf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/23/2008
Close up of a Brown Pelican in flight
Title: Close up of a Brown Pelican in flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/3/2007