Great White Pelicans on Grand Lake
Oct 4, 2021 15:49:46 #
Apollo
Loc: Grand Lake, Ok
Pictures of pelicans coming into Grand Lake on their migratory journey. These birds are huge, with a wingspan of almost 10 feet. There is an annual Pelican Festival on Grand Lake this weekend.
Oct 4, 2021 16:08:31 #
Apollo wrote:
Pictures of pelicans coming into Grand Lake on their migratory journey. These birds are huge, with a wingspan of almost 10 feet. There is an annual Pelican Festival on Grand Lake this weekend.
Beautiful pictures, except the one with the two cormorants in it. Well, I guess there are two pictures with cormorants in them.
Oct 4, 2021 16:35:29 #
Apollo
Loc: Grand Lake, Ok
flyguy wrote:
Beautiful pictures, except the one with the two cormorants in it. Well, I guess there are two pictures with cormorants in them.
Hard to get a picture this time of year without a cormorant in them. Thousands of them have been flying in with the pelicans this last week.
Oct 4, 2021 16:55:29 #
flyguy wrote:
Beautiful pictures, except the one with the two cormorants in it. Well, I guess there are two pictures with cormorants in them.
You don't like cormorants?
Oct 4, 2021 17:27:08 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
You don't like cormorants?
Don't park under a light pole with one sitting on top........your entire vehicle will be splattered with poop
Oct 4, 2021 17:43:06 #
Those are some of the best winged fishermen. In China, the fishermen use cormorants to catch fish. Just Sayin..RJS
Oct 4, 2021 18:57:30 #
Apollo wrote:
Pictures of pelicans coming into Grand Lake on their migratory journey. These birds are huge, with a wingspan of almost 10 feet. There is an annual Pelican Festival on Grand Lake this weekend.
Got to a fishing spot early one morning and disturbed it’s residents.
Oct 4, 2021 21:23:23 #
FourchonLa. wrote:
Got to a fishing spot early one morning and disturbed it’s residents.
That was a great video bit! I am surprised that they did not mind your presence...and they did seem to be noticing/watching you....
Oct 4, 2021 21:31:46 #
fishyaker wrote:
That was a great video bit! I am surprised that they did not mind your presence...and they did seem to be noticing/watching you....
They took their time and moved to another spot down the canal. They are more timid than the brown pelicans. Sometimes they land on the engine cowling and we’ll toss them a small fish. This is how the browns normally act when theirs food to be had. This was early in the fish cleaning. There’s usually about thirty or so with gulls and an occasional porpoise.
Oct 4, 2021 22:18:17 #
Ya they come every year to the golf coarse ponds and don’t dive like the brown ones. They line up and sweep the pond for the carp.
Oct 5, 2021 06:33:52 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
You don't like cormorants?
They can decimate a fishery in short order.
Oct 5, 2021 09:24:35 #
Bert1949
Loc: Wagoner, Oklahoma
Launched just before daylight Sunday on Gibson, there was a bunch there also. Beautiful sight, and when they started feeding led me right to the shad. Great day on the water with my son in law.
Oct 5, 2021 10:24:00 #
OJdidit wrote:
They can decimate a fishery in short order.
We have an open season on the if pita hasn't stopped it yet
Oct 5, 2021 10:26:10 #
Nice pictures Apollo. I've seen a few down here but not to often. Once every 4 or 5 years. Nice videos also Four
Oct 5, 2021 12:41:28 #
Sinker Rig wrote:
Don't park under a light pole with one sitting on top........your entire vehicle will be splattered with poop
Use to have to park on the sub base in San Diego to get to my ship. Parking was at a premium, so if you got there late you were forced to park under the palm trees up by the vet's office - there was always parking available there, and for that very reason. Better bring a shovel if you're gonna park up there.
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