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In between heavy showers and strong winds, I was in a hurry to get 3 shots for the week and was amazed to find a pelican in the pond. As I slowly got closer I was saying to myself… stay there just a little longer please.. Click!

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  • Wonderful shot! Tranquility at its best.

    said photo of pp00242 pp00242 5 months 1 days ago

  • Among all the pelicans, the very best.

    said photo of jockoknox jockoknox 6 months 1 days ago

  • This guy reminds me of Rush Limbaugh, a whole lotta mouth but much better looking.

    said photo of woody04 woody04 9 months 6 days ago

  • Congratulations on being featured as Member's Choice in the Birds section of Pets! Thanks for sharing.

    said photo of lovejoy lovejoy 9 months 9 days ago

  • great shot!!!!

    said photo of mypupk mypupk 9 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations for featured!

    said photo of tonymm6491 tonymm6491 9 months 9 days ago

  • I love it--you talk to yourself too..begging them to just stay long enough so you can capture them..I followed a heron around for an hour--till I got the shot I wanted--and he got the fish he wanted.. Love this photo..

    said photo of barbara2258 barbara2258 11 months 3 days ago

  • In the mirror. Giancarlo friends from Italy

    said photo of megaries megaries 11 months 6 days ago

  • A truly marvellous capture - thanks for the d/l Susan

    said photo of coni_fer01 coni_fer01 11 months 10 days ago

  • Susan, I can almost feel your excitement of sneaking up on it. It is a gorgeous shot, these Pelicans are very colorful. CYL Hugs, Bonnie

    said photo of grma_of6 grma_of6 11 months 22 days ago

  • wow!!!! what a shot! perfect timing.

    said photo of choi_emm10 choi_emm10 11 months 24 days ago

  • Outstanding capture of this pelician and his marvelous reflection. You can even see the water dripping from beak. Wow!!

    said photo of killy126 killy126 2007.08.27 at 19:50:57 PDT

  • Yes indeed an awesome catch!!!!

    said photo of faisca112 faisca112 2007.08.22 at 08:35:06 PDT

  • We are all glad he did! How I wish we had these fascinating birds here. An exciting moment for you!

    said photo of rainingviolets rainingviolets 2007.08.10 at 11:06:22 PDT

  • A great shot.

    said photo of barbara2ann barbara2ann 2007.07.29 at 09:30:57 PDT

  • Another perfect shot!His eyes are soo mesmerizing,unreal! :.)

    said photo of ann7f ann7f 2007.07.29 at 08:44:18 PDT

  • Awesome is right! You certainly have a talent for timing! Love the reflection of it's body on the water,it's an excellent capture! Chris

    said photo of Chris1967101 Chris1967101 2007.07.27 at 17:52:13 PDT

  • WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ....great reflection and I like the waterdroplets where are fallen from his beak.

    said photo of besch105100 besch105100 2007.07.26 at 13:10:46 PDT

  • And He did, for this wonderful shot.

    said photo of donalddavisuk donalddavisuk 2007.07.26 at 09:31:21 PDT

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