Brown Pelican (male) at The Pier in St. Petersburg Florida - Nikon D300 Nikkor 80-200mm @ f/7.1 ISO 200 1/800th shutter priorityBrown Pelicans are very curious birds to me. Here in St. Petersburg Florida you can get up very close to them, basically stand right next to them at some places. As they are a large bird it feels pretty cool to be able to get so close to a large wild animal. Plus, they always look like they are looking back at you thinking something (probably do you have any snacks?).
The male brown pelican above caught my eye because I had never seen a pelican hold out just one wing to dry before like he was doing. It seemed an odd thing to do when presumably trying to balance on top of a tall piling as he was.