"A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
But I'm damned if I see how the helican!"
Dixon Lanier Merritt (1910)
Pelicans fish close to the surface.
Cormorants swim long distances
under the water hunting fish.
But they seem to work together,
or perhaps just enjoy the party!
"Fishing Party On The Lake"
"But what is happiness
except the simple
harmony between a
person and the
life he leads?"
Camus
"Knowing who you are
is the best defense against
who they think you are."
Dodinsky
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fondly, cloudia
Both stunningly beautiful birds. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYes, it the way you do them, fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI love to see Cormorants fishing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Big Three!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see pelicans out in the wild. They strike me as such characters.
ReplyDeleteAloha Cloudia, every time I see a pelican's sweet little face they look to me as though they're holding back a special secret, almost a snicker!
ReplyDeleteAloha !
ReplyDeleteI like this big bird, pelican, which I cannot see here in Finland.
Wish you a happy last day of November.
Love the pelicans, fascinating birds they are! Super colours in first shot Cloudia.
ReplyDeleteI love the pelican poem!
ReplyDeleteI had to google helican to see if it was a real word anywhere. Well "Ingrid Helican" probably thinks she's real. She's a musician and an artist. Check out her name on google images.
ReplyDeleteLove your pelicans, Cloudia!
ReplyDeleteSplendid birds! Have a nuce day, Cloudia!
ReplyDeleteJolly comments! Thanks so much EACH of You!
ReplyDeleteI love this post. All true, all uplifting, and wonderful photos. Yay!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, especially the pelican.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that Hawaiian pelicans look so much more exotic than our local version? They really do.
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