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Taking A Break A pelican takes a momentary break on the beach after a morning full of diving for fish.   Brown pelican,Ecuador,Galápagos Islands,Geotagged,Pelecanus occidentalis,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Taking A Break

A pelican takes a momentary break on the beach after a morning full of diving for fish.

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The brown pelican is a bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae, one of three species found in the Americas and one of two that feed by diving into water. It is found on the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to the mouth of the Amazon River, and along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to northern Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.

Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by dasimus
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By dasimus

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Uploaded Jan 28, 2015. Captured Dec 30, 2014 08:41 in Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
  • iPhone 5s
  • f/2.2
  • 1/672s
  • ISO32
  • 4.15mm