Pelicans

Spotted at the Strandfontein Settling Pools this weekend, the Great White Pelican. They are gigantic in real life. And pretty friendly with darters too, it seems.

Other than eating and flying, swimming is a pelican’s favourite daily activity.

Three heads are always better than one. Until you come across a shoal of fish. Then it’s every bird for himself.

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