Deborah Cummings, The Fight is On (ANIMAL & NATURE 2022)

I love pelicans. So this particular day whilst visiting Wynnum there arrived 7 pelicans. Of course I had a ball. I watched them for several hours and hence obtained these action photos. One of the pelicans was particularly aggressive and made sure the other pelicans stayed out of his way. He tried various ways to do this - through intimidation and even at one stage grabbing hold of his partner by the neck with his beak to get what he wanted.

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