Australian Pelicans!

This weekend @krystalfinnigan and I went down to The Entrance on the central coast of New South Whales. It was an overcast day with a storm brewing off shore but we managed to enjoy our time walking around the lakes entrance and I captured this close up low angle shot of some local pelicans!

I was using my Nikon D3400 with the kit lens set to 28mm. The camera would have been no more than an arms length from the birds but they didn't even seem to care. After years of people walking along the esplanade they are hard to frighten especially when in numbers.

The Australian pelican uses its large mouth to scoop up fish from the water, swallowing them whole! Their bills are between 40-50cms long. They have black and white feathers however they do have yellow and blue highlights around their eyes, on parts of their bills and some of their chest feathers as you can see in the photos.

Hope you enjoyed the photo and if you ever visit Australia I'm sure you'll see one of these guys getting around the coast!