During our summer visit to Mustang Island, we saw a number of Brown Pelicans. On our winter visit, we continued to see many more both on the gulf and bay sides of the island. Here is a group which we saw while walking the beach. The pelicans were having a good time feeding in the waves at the Fish Pass Jetty in the state park.
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| Canon SX50 HS - ISO-200, f/5.6, 1/160s |
The large group below, we found gathering at sunset on Shamrock Island. We reached this by kayaking about a quarter mile out into Corpus Christi Bay from the end of Wilson's Cut. This island is a bird preserve and boats are not allowed to beach there.
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| Canon SX50 HS - ISO-80, f/5.6, 1/250s |
Over the summer we had not seen any White Pelicans, which are primarily here only in the winter. While watching the feeding frenzy in the first picture, we did see a flock of twenty or so flying inland. We finally ran into a half dozen on the ground resting on a sand bar at the mouth of Pink Shack Cove. I love the bird on the right peeking out at us over its back.
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| Canon SX50 HS - ISO-80, f/5.6, 1/800s |
After a couple of the birds flew to the other side of the cove, I watched one of the remaining birds doing a funny set of stretches and hops ... I managed to put together a short animation sequence.
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| Canon SX50 HS - ISO-80, f/6.5, 1/250s |
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