TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Inflight White Pelican American White Pelican- Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (in Florida) American White Pelican- Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Family Pelecanidae. I thought I'd throw in a few photos from my recent spring break trip to Little Gasparilla Island in SW FLORIDA along the Gulf coast. I couldn't resist taking a photo or two of this beautiful bird. Its close relative, the Brown Pelican, is the state bird of Louisiana. Photo: March 18, 2005, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II camera with 400 f/5.6 L lens More Species Info:

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.