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Coffee Times's avatar

What a beautiful encounter with the pelicans! The way you captured the moment with your camera make it feel like I was right there. It's amazing how nature can provide such unique and meaningful moments, even in seemingly mundane situations. Thank you Sydney, for sharing this lovely experience.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you! I'm so glad it came across, and I was able to share this little moment with you :)

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Maria Hanley's avatar

Haha! I love this pelican! Great work capturing a special character.

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Nessa Meshkaty, MD's avatar

Thanks for sharing! Oh my! What sacred birds. What a sacred encounter. I love the photos. I love Pelicans. They were dying off our california coast for "mysterious illness" that I think is related to human chemicals. My heart cracks into 5 million pieces. I do not want to live in a world without them.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Same, Nessa, Pelicans are just so incredibly special. I read about that, and it made me so sad. I hope they will recover 😢 I was in the Pacific Northwest when they had an outbreak of wasting diseases that completely decimated the starfish - but after a couple of years, they made a strong recovery, so I hold onto hope through stories like that (though life unfortunately does not always deliver happy endings) 💕

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Gelo Ruanto's avatar

I live in the Philippines. I remember seeing one at Clark Safari, Pampanga. Among all the animals I saw at the zoo, the Great White Pelican stood out to me. There's something special about pelicans...

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Agreed! I enjoy all kinds of birds and creatures, each with its own little personality when you take a moment to notice it - but pelicans really are something else :) What are some of your favorite wild creatures in the Philippines?

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Gelo Ruanto's avatar

My favorite are the Maya birds. You'll see a lot of them here. I love observing them outside as I drink my morning coffee. How about you, anything else aside from pelicans?

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Nice! Now that we’re home in Maine which is pretty far north, we have a similar bird to your Mayas - we have Black-capped Chickadees that are here year-round that we see every day. They’re like our little buddies, we kind of get to know their individual personalities :) They get used to us and will take sunflower seeds from the hand. Right now, we have a treat in that a group of Blue Jays has been visiting the sunflower seed feeders each day. It’s so nice to see them up close!

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CynthiaS's avatar

❤️beautifully done!

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