<span class="messageBody"]Every Year from December to mid February the California Brown Pelicans in La Jolla change into their breeding plumage colors, resulting in a bright red pouch and deep black feathers on the their necks. This event attracts wildlife photographers world/nationwide to the cliffs of La Jolla to photograph this nature wonder.
I woke up at 3<span class="text_exposed_show"]:30 and left the house at 4:30 to make it La Jolla before sunrise, when I got there it seemed like a disappoinment morning as the birds never came into view. You would see them flying in and around the area but they only hung out over the cliff. After about 4 hours my patience began to wear off, as I was about to leave, this guy came out of nowhere and landed about 40 yards from me. He started to spreen himself and give me a few poses, after about 30 minutes he got bored and decided to yawn then he took off out to open ocean.
200 miles round trip 5 hours of driving round trip and 4 hours of waiting for this shot...TOTALLY WORTH IT!
This is the classic head throw aka yawning, and it's often unpredictable because pelicans never really tell you when they yawn![]()
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