These Pelicans are everywhere on the Yucatan. I found out that they go blind eventually because they dive at such high speeds to catch fish that it damaged their eyes. Poor Pellies.
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April 29th, 2010 - 8:37 am
That’s one big bird, would love to have seen him land, couldn’t have been that graceful!
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April 29th, 2010 - 9:37 am
That’s one big bird, would love to have seen him land, couldn’t have been that graceful!
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April 29th, 2010 - 2:16 pm
They fly pretty gracefully. The diving is a mess…. They just plummet from the sky.
April 29th, 2010 - 3:16 pm
They fly pretty gracefully. The diving is a mess…. They just plummet from the sky.
April 29th, 2010 - 11:44 pm
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