Since we have been seeing several American White Pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at O. C. Fisher Lake at San Angelo State Park, I thought I would make that the featured bird today.
It is an immense bird, 62 inches length, a wingspan of 108 inches or nine feet, and weighs in at over 16 pounds. It is white with black flight feathers that can be seen in flight, and has a pinkish or yellow-orange bill. This photograph was taken at O. C. Fisher Lake in San Angelo, Texas. It was while I was taking this picture, that Ann was almost run over by a Bobcat. She was standing behind me, and the Lynx came charging past, in pursuit of a jackrabbit.
American White Pelican
Today when we visited the park, there were about 75 pelicans there. Some new arrivals were a couple of Chipping Sparrows that we hadn’t seen yet at the bird-blind.
Thursday, January 6, 2011 Total species 24
Northern Shoveler 6
American White Pelican 75
Great Blue Heron 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Least Sandpiper 12
Ring-billed Gull 200
White-winged Dove 6
Mourning Dove 2
Black-crested Titmouse 2
Bewick’s Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
Curve-billed Thrasher 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Canyon Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 12
Northern Cardinal 6
Pyrrhuloxia 6
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Western Meadowlark 4
House Finch 24
House Sparrow 6
Happy Birding!!
Texas Tweeties by Bob Zeller 