I am not Sleeping
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
I am not Sleeping
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
Medium
Photograph
Description
This majestic bird has a distinctive large pouch that hangs from the lower half of its long, straight bill. These gregarious birds usually fly in flocks. Their flight pattern may be a straight line or a V-formation, with their powerful wing strokes alternating with short glides. With their keen eyesight, brown pelicans can spot fish from heights of 20 to 60 feet. Pelicans often fly in lines close to the water's surface. This employs something pilots call the "ground effect" to make flying almost effortless. A pelican's bill can hold three times more than its stomach can—nearly three gallons of fish and water. At the end of a successful dive, the pelican drains the water from its pouch and swallows the whole fish head first—after turning it if necessary. A large hook at the tip of a pelican's bill helps hold the squirming fish.
Captured in Florida
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Comments (21)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular close composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L … voted in the ACTIVE ABC GROUP MEMBERS - N IS FOR NEAR contest
Beatriz Portela
Congratulations, your photo is featured on the FLORIDA – ART OF THE SUNSHINE STATE homepage! Please take a moment to add it to the 2020 Featured Art discussion for added visibility.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, your work has been chosen for Special feature gallery in Kingdom Animalia, you can now add your work to Special feature discussion tab !! l/f/p
Morris Finkelstein
Wonderful close up photo of a Brown Pelican, Lyuba! Congratulations on your photo being selected by William for a Weekly Wowie! F/L
Debra Martz
Excellent closeup with great clarity! Congratulations on your well deserved Weekly Wow in Wild Birds of the World!!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
I'ina Van Lawick
Lyuba, I am very happy to be back and congratulate you on the WOWIE. Well deserved.
William Tasker
Lyuba, you won a WOWIE! This awesome image has been chosen as one of the William's Wows found in the discussions tab of the group, Wild Birds Of The World.
Lyuba Filatova replied:
William, I am proud and really appreciate that my photo was chosen as one of the Wow!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
William Tasker
An amazing image, Lyuba! Superb! Thank you for submitting this fine natural shot of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F