Thursday, October 2, 2008

Pelicans & Pintails

Today's picture shows five Pelicans proudly swimming past a group of Northern Pintails at the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District Ponds. I always marvel at how  birds, belonging to different species, do not budge when their space is being encroached upon by other birds. I wonder whether the knowledge of whom to trust, and whom to fear, is hardwired or learnt. Unless domesticated, most birds high-tail it when humans approach.
 
Warning! Never, ever, rely on my identification of ducks. This despite five, supposedly reputable, bird books.


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