Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is one of the largest birds in North America. They can be easily identified in flight with their big white bodies and black primary flight feathers.
1. Unlike the Brown Pelican, American White Pelicans do not dive to catch their prey, instead, they hunt from the water’s surface, scooping up fish with their flexible bills.
2. Sometimes, groups of pelicans work together to herd fish into the shallows for easy feeding.
3. American White Pelicans must provide roughly 150 pounds of food to nourish a chick from its birth to the time it's ready to forage on its own.
4. American White Pelican embryos squawk before hatching to express discomfort if conditions get too hot or cold.
5. Pelican chicks can crawl by 1 to 2 weeks of age. By 3 weeks they can walk with their body off the ground and can swim as soon as they can get to water. Older chicks move up to running, then running with flapping their wings, and by the age of 9 to 10 weeks, they can fly.
6. Pelicans are skillful food thieves. They steal from other pelicans trying to swallow large fish and are successful about one-third of the time. They also try to steal prey from Double-crested Cormorants that are bringing fish to the surface. In their dense nesting colonies, some birds even steal the food that a parent on an adjacent nest has disgorged for its young.
7. They forage almost exclusively by day on their wintering grounds, but during breeding season, they commonly forage at night. Even though it’s hard to see, nighttime foraging tends to result in larger fish being caught than during the daytime.
8. American White Pelicans and Double-crested Cormorants are often found together. They sometimes forage together (though they mainly hunt different fish and at different depths). Cormorants even nest individually or in groups within pelican colonies.
9. Pelicans are big birds that can overheat when they’re out in the hot sun. They shed heat by facing away from the sun and fluttering their bill pouches (0:25) —which contain many blood vessels to let body heat escape. Incubating parents may also stretch their wings wide to aid cooling.
youtu.be/QC62CUOSVPQ
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Timestamps:
0:00 Foraging
0:10 on land
0:22 preening
0:32 bathing
0:49 into the river
0:54 ready to fly
1:04 synchronized foraging
1:12 slow motion forage
1:24 group swim by
1:30 slo-mo group forage
1:43 fly away
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🎵 Music in this video 🎵:
"Sunlit Horizon"
Road to the Royal Mile
Will Van De Crommert
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#pelican #americanwhitepelican #largebirds
youtube.com/c/BWoodPhotography
bwoodphotography.com
To license footage please contact me at: becca@bwoodphotography.com
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is one of the largest birds in North America. They can be easily identified in flight with their big white bodies and black primary flight feathers.
1. Unlike the Brown Pelican, American White Pelicans do not dive to catch their prey, instead, they hunt from the water’s surface, scooping up fish with their flexible bills.
2. Sometimes, groups of pelicans work together to herd fish into the shallows for easy feeding.
3. American White Pelicans must provide roughly 150 pounds of food to nourish a chick from its birth to the time it's ready to forage on its own.
4. American White Pelican embryos squawk before hatching to express discomfort if conditions get too hot or cold.
5. Pelican chicks can crawl by 1 to 2 weeks of age. By 3 weeks they can walk with their body off the ground and can swim as soon as they can get to water. Older chicks move up to running, then running with flapping their wings, and by the age of 9 to 10 weeks, they can fly.
6. Pelicans are skillful food thieves. They steal from other pelicans trying to swallow large fish and are successful about one-third of the time. They also try to steal prey from Double-crested Cormorants that are bringing fish to the surface. In their dense nesting colonies, some birds even steal the food that a parent on an adjacent nest has disgorged for its young.
7. They forage almost exclusively by day on their wintering grounds, but during breeding season, they commonly forage at night. Even though it’s hard to see, nighttime foraging tends to result in larger fish being caught than during the daytime.
8. American White Pelicans and Double-crested Cormorants are often found together. They sometimes forage together (though they mainly hunt different fish and at different depths). Cormorants even nest individually or in groups within pelican colonies.
9. Pelicans are big birds that can overheat when they’re out in the hot sun. They shed heat by facing away from the sun and fluttering their bill pouches (0:25) —which contain many blood vessels to let body heat escape. Incubating parents may also stretch their wings wide to aid cooling.
youtu.be/QC62CUOSVPQ
youtu.be/8FdnipF-uLM
Timestamps:
0:00 Foraging
0:10 on land
0:22 preening
0:32 bathing
0:49 into the river
0:54 ready to fly
1:04 synchronized foraging
1:12 slow motion forage
1:24 group swim by
1:30 slo-mo group forage
1:43 fly away
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | American White Pelicans, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Feeding and Flying | The American White Pelican (Pelecanidae: Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | Pelícano Norteamericano | Pélican d'Amérique | White Pelicans Mini-Documentary | American White Pelicans | American White Pelicans Herding Fish | The American White Pelican | Amazing Giant American White Pelicans! | American White Pelican facts | Facts about the American white pelican | Meet the American White Pelican | American white pelican facts | Pelicans of North America | Pelicans in Yellowstone National Park | Pelicans on the Yellowstone River | Pelicans on the Missouri River | American White Pelicans in Yellowstone | American White Pelican preening | Pelican yawning | American White Pelican in Montana |
🎵 Music in this video 🎵:
"Sunlit Horizon"
Road to the Royal Mile
Will Van De Crommert
artlist.io/Becca-1378936
ALL IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO ARE COPYRIGHTED, ©Becca Wood - B. Wood Photography. No part of this video shall be downloaded, altered or reproduced in any way or by any means without the formal written permission of B. Wood Photography. All Rights Reserved
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🎞️ My Gear:
Cameras 📷:
Canon 1 DX Mark III camera
Canon 1 DX
Canon 5d Mark II
GoPro 9 Black
GoPro 7 Silver
DJI Mavic Air 2
_______________________________
Lenses:
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS Usm Lens
Canon 1.4x Extender
Canon 2.0x III Extender
_______________________________
Gitzo carbon fiber tripod
Manfrotto tripod
Manfrotto monopod
Joby Gorilla Pod
--------------------------------------------------
Website: bwoodphotography.com
Celebrating Life Magazine: bwoodphotography.com/Products/Magazine
--------------------------------------------------
Social Media:
Facebook: @BWoodPhotos
Instagram: @bwoodphotography
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"God is in the details." Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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