brown pelican

Sometimes we feel like clamming up, but it's important to keep communicating.

The Pelican environment suffered significant ecosystem damage from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico petroleum disaster. Dead pelicans were seen on Raccoon Island, the largest pelican rookery in Louisiana. Rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, it was home to more than 60,000 pelicans, but since the oil spill mature pelicans are scarce. ~ wikipedia

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Found out the fine folks in Louisiana call these Ditch Chickens. :0)

Spying on boats

An Egret eating breakfast

Thanx to Kayleen for helping to identify this fellow as a Reddish Egret!

I saw a plethora of birds on our trip to Florida - many I had never seen before and most very accommodating. But this fellow was the first in the parade of birds so I thought he deserved a post of his own. He strutted down the beach and let me snap away - it was early morning, light not the best, kind of cloudy. I believe he's a type of Heron, but not sure which kind?

Pelicans flew over as we left this beach. I did see more of them, and closer, but we'll get to them eventually. I hope you like birds, I have a buttload of them to share, lol.

Pelican Island

Floating along Green Bay.

We passed an island full of Pelicans!

I think they were having a party!

Too bad some had to miss the party while pulling babysitting duty.  I had never seen a baby pelican before.

Everybody else was dancing and having a good time.

Seagulls were invited too - hmmm, I wonder what a pelican seagull would look like.

And a Commorant showed up for the ball!