Pelican Pod

[Mohan Raj]

There were 150+ Pelicans in Singanallur Lake, Coimbatore sitting and swimming in pod. This photograph is one such pod. It is in this time of the year, these birds can be seen in large numbers here.

These birds were really shy of human presence and were frequently disturbed by dogs which came along with cattle grazers.


Camera: Panasonic
Model: DMC-FZ28
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: 5.6

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice image Mohan, it would have been nice if you were able to cover all the pelicans on left and right.
tfs

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see so many pelicans at a place.

Some people use "pod" as the collective noun for pelicans, but am not sure why. Feral dogs are a big threat in most of the places. The ground nesting birds get impacted and the scavengers like Vultures also lose out on the food.

[Mrudul Godbole]

That is a big flock. Could you get any individual pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice image. The pano crop works here. Would love to visit this place sometime.

[Lakshminarayanan Nataraja]

The pelicans came in large flocks this year. Paucity of water was however deceiving for them in many places.

The Singanallur tank in Coimbatore too is shrinking fast and getting terribly polluted.

Locals should be made aware of so that they can raise collective voice.