plain grey pelican
diving into the shallows
small fry for breakfast
A joy whilst on Nevis was to watch the pelicans diving near the shore on my early morning shell hunts
Joining in with Ronovan’s weekly Haiku Challenge, prompts PLAIN and FAST
and
combining it with our One-a-Week Photo prompt for this week of BIRD.
Cathy and I compiled the list for the year, just for fun. Join in as and when you like using new or archive blog posts. We love to see your take on the subjects – always a fascinating variety. Leave a link in the comments to be included in the Round-up.
Ravelry
Wild Daffodil 
What a beautiful collection of birds! 😊
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Thank you. I spent many happy mornings trying to capture different angles of the pelican.
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Loved your pictures and your haiku is lovely too. 🙂
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Thank you Vashti.
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I love the sight of pelicans (and cranes)! I understand the American white pelicans are making a come-back close by in the Minnesota lakes country. Gorgeous photos, and your haiku is lovely. Thanks!
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Thank you Lizl. I had no idea that there were so many different types of pelican. I do love to watch any type of bird.
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Amazing photographs! I used to be a professional photographer so I can appreciate the time it would have taken to get these – well worth it:)
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Wow! You were a professional photographer! Wow! You are SO very talented Sheila in so many ways – hats off!!!! Thank you for your lovely comment. As you can imagine I took absolutely loads of shots – it’s all in the editing isn’t it. 😉
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What amazing captures! I just love them- all of them!
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Thank you for your lovely comment – so glad you enjoyed the photos.
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Wow,I love that pelican you made from the shells. It caputres the dive perfectly! 🙂
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Thanks Eddie, I laid the shells on the glass table top on the balcony, getting the reflection of the sky as the background. I’ll play for hours with shells!
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Great photos! I would like to participate in the Photo Challenge so here is the link to my blog entry: https://thatphotogirlblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/another-rainy-day/?preview_id=639&preview_nonce=0a42151a33
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Fabulous to have you along! Thanks for your link.
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A wonderful series, love how you can even see his eye in one of the photos, and the the detail on the feather, all with some great scenery. I can see I’ll learn a bunch just from studying everyone else’s photos.
Here is a li to my BIRD
https://livinginrapidcity.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/photo-challenge-bird/
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Thank you Kathy, I did some cropping and removing of shadow on the computer to get the detail to show in some of the shots. Thanks so much for your link – it is great to have you join us.
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Isn’t it amazing that they don’t hurt themselves when they hit the water like that?? Great photos!
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I agree Kerry, they shot into the water at such speed, I marvelled at how their beak didn’t get stuck in the sand beneath.
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Great shots!
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Thank you!
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Wow- Fantastic photos of this beautiful bird… 🙂 🙂
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Thank you Eleonora, the pelican’s shape fascinated me.
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An amazing sequence of images Sandra and I love the Pelican haiku.
Here is a link to my BIRD https://haikuhound.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/curious/
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Thanks so much Denis, as you can imagine I took masses of photos to get these shots. Thank you for your link.
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I love these photos, especially the silhouettes, gorgeous x
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Thank you Beth, not a bird I’d seen in the wild before, they were fascinating to watch.
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I love this sequence of pictures, beautifully captured. Giving Denis a run for his money with these!
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Crumbs! That’s a huge compliment Cathy! Denis’s photos are spectacularly good – his photos are definitely something to aim for.
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