Unusual pelican
By Birding-Aus, on November 17th, 2013
This photo was sent to me by a work mate. It was taken late in the afternoon at Cleveland in SE Qld. The band across the head looks to sharp and dark to be a shadow. Any thoughts? http://s736.photobucket.com/user/pharms63/media/_MG_2056.jpg.html Regards Peter Harms =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Hey Pete, It’s a shadow alright – your mentioning that the sun was low and the darkness of all other shadow areas on the bird are consistent with its location and darkness. The narrow band is what we would expect the shadow to look like from the bird’s right wing. One of those serendipitous moments…. Kind Regards, Allan Richardson, Morisset NSW On 17/11/2013, at 5:35 PM, Peter Harms wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================