{"id":462,"date":"2008-02-07T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T21:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/pelican-in-flight-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T03:26:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:26:29","slug":"pelican-in-flight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/pelican-in-flight-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Photo of a Pelican in Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=brown_pelican_in_flight__brown_pelican__pelican_(pelecanidae)__bird__animal\">photo of a pelican in flight<\/a>. This California <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=brown_pelican__pelican_(pelecanidae)__bird__animal\">brown pelican<\/a> (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Pelecanus_occidentalis\">Pelecanus occidentalis<\/a><\/em>) is seen soaring over the cliffs looking for a place to land and preen in the warm sun.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/Photographing_California_Brown_Pelicans_in_La_Jolla.pdf\">Guide to Photographing Pelicans in La Jolla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican ...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=20294\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"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, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/california-brown-pelican-pelecanus-occidentalis-image-20294-319365.jpg\" alt=\"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, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">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.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=20294\">20294<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Brown Pelican photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/brown_pelican_photo.html\">Brown Pelican<\/a>, <a title=\"Pelecanus occidentalis photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Pelecanus_occidentalis\"><i>Pelecanus occidentalis<\/i><\/a>, <a title=\"Pelecanus occidentalis californicus photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Pelecanus_occidentalis_californicus\"><i>Pelecanus occidentalis californicus<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=la_jolla&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">La Jolla<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=california&amp;country=usa\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another photo of a pelican in flight. This California brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is seen soaring over the cliffs looking for a place to land and preen in the warm sun. See our Guide to Photographing Pelicans in La Jolla. Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,189,193],"tags":[212,303],"class_list":{"0":"post-462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-pelicans-of-la-jolla","9":"category-seabird","10":"tag-birds","11":"tag-pelicans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}