Brown pelican preening, Pelecanus occidentalis, #36683

Brown pelican preening, cleaning its feathers after foraging on the ocean, with distinctive winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers, although this one displays a yellow (rather than the usual red) gular throat pouch. La Jolla, California, USA, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 36683
Brown pelican preening, cleaning its feathers after foraging on the ocean, with distinctive winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers, although this one displays a yellow (rather than the usual red) gular throat pouch. La Jolla, California, USA

This image is featured in: California Brown Pelican Portraits and Head Throws, 2021/2022, Preening, Seabirds and the Uropygial Gland, Front Lit Portraiture, or Why I Point My Shadow at My Subject, Brown Pelican Yellow Morph, with Yellow Gular Pouch (Throat) instead of Red, California Brown Pelicans in La Jolla, New Portrait and Flight Images

Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36683
Format: Digital 3:2
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