Patiently Waiting by onewing

Patiently Waiting

After a very busy week socially and lots of lunches out I am having a quiet weekend and only light dinners for the next couple of days.

As we walked along Little Beach with our walking group last Thursday, we spotted this group of pelicans patiently waiting for some fisherman to come along and clean his fish at the fish cleaning station behind them. As none of them moved while we walked past, I suspect some fisherman had already been along and given them their offcuts of fish.

The light was wrong for this shot, but I wanted to get the fish station in the background, so this was the best I could get.

Thanks for putting my Morpeth Bridge photo on the TT. I do love that bridge, it is my favourite in our a area.
Lovely capture of this beautiful scene, they probably have to sleep it off now.
December 2nd, 2023  
What a neat shot. I was not sure what they were when I first looked.
December 2nd, 2023  
All hunkered down...
December 2nd, 2023  
Oh Wonderful Babs!
I have seen them wait like this here at Caloundra!
December 2nd, 2023  
What a great find.
December 2nd, 2023  
Lovely restful image
December 2nd, 2023  
What a great sight to come across! They look as if they are ready for an afternoon nap!
December 2nd, 2023  
They’re so funny and optimistic!
December 2nd, 2023  
They are sensibly places next to the cleaning/feeding station.
December 2nd, 2023  
Siesta time. Lovely
December 2nd, 2023  
Lovely shot. Seems they all had their dinner in full already.
December 2nd, 2023  
Very nice
December 2nd, 2023  
Aren't they gorgeous!
December 2nd, 2023  
Love it. Hanging around for a free lunch!
December 2nd, 2023  
So beautiful ! sunning themselves while waiting for some freebees!!
December 2nd, 2023  
Amazing to see a gang of pelicans (not sure what you call them as a group)
December 2nd, 2023  
Wonderful
December 2nd, 2023  
Great catch.
December 2nd, 2023  
A lovely shot of this optimistic group of pelicans waiting for lunch!

Ian
December 2nd, 2023  
Great capture
December 2nd, 2023  
Your pelicans are pretty with their black and white feathers. The ones on the Carolina coast are dull brown.
December 2nd, 2023  
Ever hopeful… great capture of patience
December 2nd, 2023  
This is fabulous, I do love your pelicans. Fav.
December 2nd, 2023  
A lovely capture
December 2nd, 2023  
They are all tucked in -- so cute.
December 2nd, 2023  
How amazing to see them all just sitting there. Their heads tucked in nicely.
December 2nd, 2023  
@rensala Thanks. I think there are a few collective nouns for pelicans but in Australia they tend to be called either a pod or a squadron.

@randystreat Yes ours are totally different to the ones in your country aren't they. I have seen some of yours on 365 before.

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@tunia Thanks, they don't look particularly hungry do they so I think someone must have just fed them and they are waiting for the next boat to come in.
December 2nd, 2023  
Well spotted and captured Babs:)
December 2nd, 2023  
This is an amazing capture!
December 2nd, 2023  
Good catch- they are obviously used to humans now and even wait for an easy feed!
December 2nd, 2023  
I love that they are black and white. The only pelicans I've seen are a brownish gray color.
December 3rd, 2023  
They are so beautifully marked. Apparently gotten their full and resting
December 3rd, 2023  
Looks like they are having a post meal nap
December 3rd, 2023  
@pcoulson @corinnec @olivetreeann @bobbic @rontu @kjarn I guess they must have just been fed by a fisherman so are sleeping it off.
December 3rd, 2023  
Wow, surprised that they just sat there like that. Great capture.
December 3rd, 2023  
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