Bird Weekly Challenge #10: Yellow or Orange Legged Birds

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For this week’s challenge I chose a few images of my favorite orange legged bird, the American White Pelican. With a wing span of up to 9 feet, they are one of largest birds in North America.

My first sighting of them was in Cedar Key, Florida. I have also seen huge flocks in Everglades National Park, on the Texas Gulf Coast, and have even seen a flock on Lake Chicot in Arkansas.

I fell in love with these birds when I first saw them several years ago while on a nature cruise in the waters around Cedar Key. Our captain took us by several flocks standing on sandbars and some flew right beside the boat.

White Pelicans, Cedar Key, Florida
White Pelicans, Cedar Key, Florida
American White Pelicans, Cedar Key, Florida
American White Pelicans flying by the boat

At Goose Island State Park on the Texas Gulf Coast there were White Pelicans hanging around the docks every day hoping for an easy meal.

White Pelicans go after a fish carcass tossed out by fisherman at a fish cleaning station in Texas

I was surprised to see a huge flock of big white birds on Lake Chicot in Arkansas. It wasn’t until I got out the binoculars that I could see they were White Pelicans. They were too far away to get a good photo but I was able to capture this one flying on the other side of lake while a Great Blue Heron stood in the shallow water by the shoreline.

White Pelican flies by blue heron over Lake Chicot

Thanks you Lisa. for this challenge. Her original post is Bird Weekly Challenge #10 – Yellow or Orange Legged Birds

15 thoughts on “Bird Weekly Challenge #10: Yellow or Orange Legged Birds”

  1. I love all your pics this week. The Pelican, Brown or White are my favorite birds. I love how they fly and the distinctions between the two. Wonderful to see where you have spotted them. We are wanting to take a weekend trip to Cedar Key but I just don’t trust the overnight staying at the moment. 😊

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  3. Great shots of these very fun birds. I have to say… I have not seen any for quite a long time now. We have not been near the beach. So very glad to see all your captures. Happy week to you!

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  8. I’ve seen white pelicans but until your photos, I never realized that they had black on their wings. Thanks for my little nature lesson of the day. 😊

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