{"id":15219,"date":"2014-06-16T04:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15219"},"modified":"2024-11-17T10:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T16:21:36","slug":"brown-pelican-double-decker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/16\/brown-pelican-double-decker\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Pelican Double-decker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BrownBrown Pelican Double-Decker – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s Monday and I didn’t have any idea what to post this morning so I opted to present this image of two Brown Pelicans flying double-decker style over the Gulf of Mexico<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The day I created this image the light was variable because there was a storming brewing off the coast and there were tons of birds in the area due to bait fish running just off shore.<\/p>\n

The gulls, terns, waders and pelicans were having a feast. Brown Pelicans plunge dive to get their prey and these two adults were flying along looking for a place to plunge into the school of bait fish.<\/p>\n

I like how one Brown Pelican is looking towards me and the other one seems to be looking straight ahead.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Brown Pelican photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

This image was taken in January of 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday and I didn’t have any idea what to post this morning so I opted to present this image of two Brown Pelicans flying double-decker style over the Gulf of Mexico. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,143,25,704,2000],"tags":[4004,3994,5229,5132,11892,4052,4122,4158,4,706,4018],"class_list":["post-15219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-brown-pelicans","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-brown-pelican","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-double-decker","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-pelecanus-occidentalis","tag-pelican","tag-pelicans","tag-sky"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t