One day I will photograph a pelican like this just skimming the water's surface.
I have stated before in another blog post my desire to photograph a pelican just skimming over the water, and how after a few attempts I am yet to be successful. Well, I was not even close with this shot of course, but I could not pass up a chance to photograph such a friendly and accomodating bird. Actually, I was not the only one to photograph her/him. Kelley during our first DSLR Photography Lesson did too.
To me a pelican is a SUV of a bird. It's a rather large bird, can hold a lot of stuff in its billowing bag of lower jaw skin, can dive and crash into water in a nose dive unscathed, and they are all over the place. Since they are always around and not really afraid of people, you get the impression you could just go up to one and hug it, though I have never actually tried.
If you want to find one when you visit Florida, just head to any fishing pier.