Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent

Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed

Ted and I went on a guided boat adventure today that included watching juvenile Pelicans at Bird Key Stono Seabird Sanctuary, a significant nesting habitat for seabirds and shorebirds.

Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent
Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent

Taking pictures from a bobbing boat is a challenge and I regret I didn’t use a higher shutter speed. The chicks are very awkward walkers and not yet flying

Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent
Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent

Brown Pelican chicks feed a lot like the herons, with the young reaching down into the adult’s throat to get food, not the mouth pouch which is used to catch food.

Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent
Two Brown Pelican Chicks Getting Fed By Parent

Bird Key, not much more than a sandbar, is a barrier island that sits in the mouth of the Stono River, between Kiawah and Folly Islands.

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