Photo safari – Australian pelicans

Published August 15, 2010

These Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) were photographed at Perth Zoo. They provided a pleasant distraction from the fact that a bloomin’ great Icelandic volcano had just erupted and was about to ground me for a week…

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