Brown Pelicans

Description

Brown Pelicans pursue fish in the waters of the Golfo Dulce off the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. These pelicans can make spectacular aeronautical maneuvers in their hunt for a meal, sometimes diving from as high as 60 feet above the water surface. Under water its bill opens and its throat pouch stretches wide to scoop up fish; it then tilts its bill down to drain the water before swallowing. Air sacs throughout its body help cushion the shock of the dive.