American White Pelican Mass Splash Down at "Ding" Darling

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I captured this image at the "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, a barrier island on the southwestern coast of Florida. Although I have uploaded many images of these majestic birds, I can't seem to visit "Ding" Darling during the winter without capturing several hundred more images and without keeping some of them. These are such magnificent, large and slow-flying birds that they make very tempting targets for photographers with very long lenses to capture them at various stages of their flight.
The American White Pelicans are only winter visitors to central and southern Florida. Like many other birds and human visitors to South Florida, they come here to escape the harsh winters of their breeding grounds in the north central US and central Canada.

Explored Mar 8, 2022.

Taken in: United States / Florida / Sanibel (show map)

Taken on: December 18, 2021

Tags:

American White Pelican

Pelican, American White

Pelecanus Erythrorhynchos

Bird in Flight

In Flight

BIF

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge

National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Refuge

NWR

Ding Darling

Sanibel

Florida

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Sets appears in: • Flight • Explored more » • Birds of Florida - Pelicans « less

Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 700mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	700mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Ver.1.01
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