Crash Landing

Norman Johnson

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Norman Johnson

Riverview, FL

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Crash Landing

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Norman Johnson

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On an early September 2016 day, the brown pelicans were diving for fish all around the Anna Maria Island pier in Manatee County. The brown pelican (pelecanus occidentalis) is one of three pelicans in the Americas and can be found on the coasts of the United States, Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America and the Caribbean. They are rarely seen inland except at the Salton Sea in California. It and the Peruvian pelican are the only two pelicans that plung-dive for prey.

Although the brown pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelicans in the world, it is not a small bird measuring from 42" to 54" in length with a wingspan between 72" and 99." It is a large, stocky seabird with short black legs and large black webbed feet that help them to be excellent swimmers. Their pale yellow-grayish bill is almost as long as the body, flat on top with a hooked tip and a large throat pouch below which terns reddish in breeding adults. The head is white but often gets a yellowish wash in adult birds. Their back, wings and short tail are streaked with gray and dark brown, sometimes with a rusty tinge. The breast and belly are a blackish brown and in breeding plumage the back and sides of the neck are a rich chestnet brown. Juveniles have a brownish grey neck and face and white breast and belly.

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