Pelicans at McNeilly’s Wetland Jackson's View Estate

A brief walk around McNeilly Wetlands in Jackson’s View Estate this morning, resulted in 33 bird species including a pair of Pelicans.

“A wonderful bird is the pelican,

His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak,
Enough food for a week,
But I'm damned if I see how the helican!” - Dixon Lanier Merritt

The Australian Pelecanus conspicillatus is an ancient bird, with fossil records as old as 40 million years.

For such a large bird, the ability to glide for long periods is remarkable.

Thank you to Friends of Drouin’s Trees for permission to include a non-tree article from time to time – “Gouldiae’s Blog” will be shutting down presently.