Pelican - What is it upto??

[Narayanaswamy Balachandran]

Canon 5DM3; F 6.5; iso 800; 150-600 f4.5-6.5

Shot at Sholinganallur, near Chennai.

Is the bird trying to clean its membrane?? I do not have a technical terminology - can you enlighten?

[Debasis Bose]

Superb moment captured. Looks like stretching its bag to keep it clean.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

It is called Gular Pouch... as said by Debasis sab pelicans are seen doing this to stretch the Gular pouch and keep it flexible. Pelican do many such exercises to ensure the pouch is kept flexible and clean.
TFS
Roopak

[Narayanaswamy Balachandran]

Thanks for the info - Debasis and Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice behaviour captured. Quite an interesting way to keep the pouch clean and flexible. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice moment captured. This image shows how fastidious animals and birds are in taking care of themselves. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi