{"id":9927,"date":"2013-10-21T05:13:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T11:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9927"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:32:46","slug":"juvenile-brown-pelican-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/10\/21\/juvenile-brown-pelican-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Brown Pelican In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Brown Pelican in flight – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 320, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 280mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

After posting an image of a\u00a0American White Pelican lifting off<\/a><\/span> two days ago I thought I should post an\u00a0photo of a Brown Pelican today for comparison. This is a juvenile Brown Pelican in flight that I photographed in Florida as it flew over the Gulf of Mexico<\/span><\/a> hunting.<\/p>\n

The sun was a bit higher than I like it to be for my photographs when I created this photo but I did like the way the shadow of the pelican’s bill and head shows on the pelican’s right wing.<\/p>\n

Brown Pelicans are smaller than their cousins the American White Pelican and they dive from the sky to capture prey whereas American White Pelicans do not.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After posting an image of a American White Pelican lifting off two days ago I thought I should post an photo of a Brown Pelican today for comparison. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137032,"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],"tags":[3994,5229,5132,4052,4122,3970,4067,4071,4158,4,706,4018,4193],"class_list":["post-9927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-brown-pelicans","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","tag-brown-pelican","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hunting","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-pelecanus-occidentalis","tag-pelican","tag-pelicans","tag-sky","tag-young"],"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