Waterbirds approaching (or departing from) their liquid runways offer much more rewarding viewing than does any airport.
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The almost-set sun obligingly accentuated our hero’s breast feathers, as s/he and I looked directly at each other.
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Q: Are bills and beaks different, and if so, how are they different?
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According to numerous sources, no other living bird has a bigger bill than the Australian Pelican’s.
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Pelican Yoga begins 2022 with a series of single-image posts.
All photos feature waterbirds, and they all were taken at “our” local lake on the first late afternoon and early evening of 2022.
At the moment fish are proliferating (as are algae), so pelican numbers at Lake Monger are much higher than usual.
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…with a musical bonus, 100% free of irony…and a suitably ironic “salute” to Australia’s most prominent “bad Santa”
Merry whatever to everyone!
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…but free, with an exquisite musical bonus included!
Pelecanus conspicillatus – the Australian Pelican – has the avian world’s biggest bill.
Its bill is remarkable at any time, but most especially so when engaged in actual “pelican yoga”.
Pelican Yoga wishes you a very happy festive season.
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One day, when the global pandemic is over, I’ll post a sequence of photos that show how this brief but intense example of “pelican yoga” unfolded.
It occurred during the last half hour of sunlight, yesterday, 03 April, at Lake Monger, just minutes away from Perth’s very centre, which is an almost-dead centre, now.
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…with some actual pelicans – the Australian kind, Pelecanus conspicillatus. Good grooming is so important…
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…with emblematic assistance/assistants from Bremer Bay, in the Deep South…of Western Australia.
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