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| Brown pelican spreads its huge wings to slow before landing on seaside cliffs. Image ID: 20164 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, winter mating plumage with distinctive dark brown nape and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 20165 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican spreads its huge wings to slow before landing on seaside cliffs. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be 7' wide. Image ID: 20187 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican spreads its huge wings to slow before landing on seaside cliffs. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be 7' wide. Image ID: 20189 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. Image ID: 20195 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican head throw, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. Image ID: 20202 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican in flight, spreading its wings wide to slow before landing on cliffs overlooking the ocean. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Image ID: 20233 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 20267 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20278 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20279 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20280 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 20294 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 20297 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20298 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20302 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20268 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 20269 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue-footed booby, courtship display, Punta Suarez. Image ID: 01797 Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii Location: Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Magnificent frigatebird (note blue eye ring), juvenile. Image ID: 02271 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Great frigate bird (note green scapular feathers), adult male. Image ID: 02272 Species: Great frigatebird, Fregata minor Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Brown pelican. Image ID: 02273 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Brown pelican, Sea of Cortez. Image ID: 00614 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis | Nazca booby, Punta Suarez. Image ID: 01763 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Blue-footed booby, courtship display. Image ID: 01791 Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Brown pelicans feeding on krill. Image ID: 03177 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Brown pelican with wings spread during flight. The large wings of an adult brown pelican can reach over 7 feet from end to end. Image ID: 19929 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican spreads its enormous wings to slow before landing on seaside cliffs. Brown pelicans appear awkward but in fact are superb and efficient fliers, ranging far over the ocean in search of fish to dive upon. They typically nest on offshore islands and inaccessible ocean cliffs. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 20020 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican slows to land, spreading its large wings wide to brake. Image ID: 20057 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican slows to land, spreading its large wings wide to brake. Image ID: 20085 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck colors of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. Image ID: 20086 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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