Taxonomy: Order Pelecaniformes >> Family Pelecanidae >> Genus Pelecanus
| American White Pelican (Unique ID: 10616)
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Species: American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Location: Perry Lake Outlet Channel, Jefferson County, Kansas, United States
Age: --- Plumage: basic/non-breeding Activity: foraging/eating
Sex: --- Visibility: partial body Quantity: multiple
Photographer: David Seibel Date: October 1, 2016
Equipment: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and Canon 500mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 2.9
Notes: Crop of Image 10615 to show detail. Notice the fish (tentatively identified as a young largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides) in the pelican's bill. The phrase "out of the frying pan and into the fire" comes to mind.
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