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This Capybara needs a good brushing.
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The Spectacled Bear is the only bear that comes from South America. I hope this unique and beautiful endangered bear survives.
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A capybara peeking coyly from behind its giant palm frond.
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Catching the afternoon sun, the master of the grasses rests in its domain.
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These two pelicans were one pair of dozens loitering around the marina, all waiting for a fishy opportunity. The one on the left was an immature bird which had not grown into its adult plumage.
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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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An adult night heron in full breeding plumage showing off its pink legs which are yellow the rest of the year.
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It was beautiful day in Santa Cruz and I had been photographing the sea lions when this pelican landed a few feet away on the pier railing.
If there was ever a compelling visual argument for birds being the modern descendants of dinosaurs, it's the pelican. I could easily imagine them flying just out of reach above the snapping jaws of some aquatic sea monster.
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Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.
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The fisherman hadn't noticed that a pelican had just landed next to him on the pier.
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It surprises me that a big bird like a Pelican can fly so effortlessly.
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The pelican glides effortlessly over the surface of the sea.
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A loud, large, parrot looking quite handsome.
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This bedraggled juvenile black-crowned night heron was perched on the dock near the boat we were going to use. I hoped it wasn't a harbinger of how our trip would turn out.
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Here is a view of a pelican you don't usually see. A head on view of its enormous bill.
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Prehistoric looking pelicans sun and preen in the winter sun.
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A flock of pelicans flying in typical formation with Anacapa island in the background.
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A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.
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A male Anna's hummingbird perches on Neptunes' trident. I was surprised to see a hummingbird stay still for so long.
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The Green-winged Macaw goes by many names: Greenwing Macaw, Red and Green Macaw and Green Wing Macaw. They are one of the largest and gentlest of all the Macaws.
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A snowy egret in flight is the poetry of nature.
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The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.
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A female avocet sits on her eggs. When the tide comes in this nest will barely be above the water.
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I was able to get nice close-ups of the harbor seals because I used a telephoto lens. If the boat had come this close they would have been disturbed and swum away.
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