Brown Pelican Yoga

Watching and waiting, and watching and waiting some more is a practice that is rewarding in wildlife photography. As you will see here, some behaviors happen so fast, that a photographer will only capture them if he or she is already poised to shoot.

Not much happening here: two brown pelicans preening their feathers in Ding Darling National Wildlife Preserve on Sanibel Island, Florida.

Whoa! One Brown Pelican stretches its neck to give me a good view of its pouch.

Brown Pelican stretches his neck even further! What a moment.

Final image in the surprising series of Brown Pelican yoga.