<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Pelican Surprise </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:20:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188813</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:20:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188813</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188812">Ken Schneider</a>. Ken, in my experience it is a little unusual to see a lone pelican but I wouldn't call it rare. "An airliner on a football field" is a pretty apt description of what this huge bird looked like on that small pond.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188812">Ken Schneider</a>.</p> <p>Ken, in my experience it is a little unusual to see a lone pelican but I wouldn’t call it rare. </p> <p>“An airliner on a football field” is a pretty apt description of what this huge bird looked like on that small pond.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ken Schneider </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188812</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Schneider]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:22:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188812</guid> <description><![CDATA[It did look like an Ouch moment. It seems unusual to see a lone pelican. When they visited us they were like a squadron and landed in precision. Also formed a line and closed in on all the fish they were herding. Your pelican seemed to lank like an airliner on a football field.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It did look like an Ouch moment. It seems unusual to see a lone pelican. When they visited us they were like a squadron and landed in precision. Also formed a line and closed in on all the fish they were herding. Your pelican seemed to lank like an airliner on a football field.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188811</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188811</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188810">Wayne Keene</a>. Wayne, I thought enough about what you said to read it twice. Carefully. I don't know if I'm at mastery, probably not, but the path you describe was my path - that's for sure. Thank you.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188810">Wayne Keene</a>.</p> <p>Wayne, I thought enough about what you said to read it twice. Carefully. I don’t know if I’m at mastery, probably not, but the path you describe was my path – that’s for sure. Thank you.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Wayne Keene </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188810</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wayne Keene]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188810</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was ruminating on wildlife photography this morning. . . we look as beginners to just make sharp photos, then we start to try to make sharp photos of typical behavior, eating, mating, fighting, etc. Then we work on catching the oddity we have never seen before, or maybe no one has EVER seen. Ron, you are REALLY at the last two categories. That's mastery.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was ruminating on wildlife photography this morning. . . we look as beginners to just make sharp photos, then we start to try to make sharp photos of typical behavior, eating, mating, fighting, etc. Then we work on catching the oddity we have never seen before, or maybe no one has EVER seen. Ron, you are REALLY at the last two categories. That’s mastery.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188809</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:48:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188809</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188802">Elephants Child</a>. Got his attention, that's for sure. It got mine too.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188802">Elephants Child</a>.</p> <p>Got his attention, that’s for sure. It got mine too.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188808</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188808</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188801">Jim Marsh</a>. I agree with Jack's observation.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188801">Jim Marsh</a>.</p> <p>I agree with Jack’s observation.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188807</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:46:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188807</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188800">Chris Sanborn</a>. Chris, given how sensitive their bills are to touch I'll bet it wasn't a pleasant experience.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188800">Chris Sanborn</a>.</p> <p>Chris, given how sensitive their bills are to touch I’ll bet it wasn’t a pleasant experience.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188806</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:44:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188806</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188799">Bradley Roylance</a>. :)]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188799">Bradley Roylance</a>.</p> <p>🙂</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188805</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:44:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188805</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188798">Dan Gleason</a>. Dan, I didn't hang around until he took off. The pond is largely surrounded by trees, many of them tall, but the pond is sort of oblong so they have a bit more room taking off either to the north or to the south. Geese, which are on the pond fairly often, usually take off in one of those directions. That said I'm sure it would have been a challenge for him, no matter what direction he took off.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188798">Dan Gleason</a>.</p> <p>Dan, I didn’t hang around until he took off. The pond is largely surrounded by trees, many of them tall, but the pond is sort of oblong so they have a bit more room taking off either to the north or to the south. Geese, which are on the pond fairly often, usually take off in one of those directions. That said I’m sure it would have been a challenge for him, no matter what direction he took off.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188804</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=97141#comment-188804</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188797">April Olson</a>. :)]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/04/15/pelican-surprise/#comment-188797">April Olson</a>.</p> <p>🙂</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>