(179 pics) Photographs from the second third of our 2004 trip to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, when we stayed on the sailboat Fortitude. Please read the journal before looking at the pictures (link).
Pelican in mid flight (Jul 20, 2004, 11:28am) During the sailing part of our trip, we saw often say three different types flying near the boat -- seagulls, frigate birds and pelicans. Pelicans were the hardest to take a picture of because they had no interest in any food scraps that might have escaped from the kitchen. This was the best picture I got of a pelican in flight. This was taken over Sandy Island, where a bunch of pelicans were feeding on the large schools of fish near the beach.
Pelican diving for fish near Sandy Island (Jul 20, 2004, 11:28am) This is not a picture of a dead bird. This is a pelican, caught at the instant it was diving into the shallow water for a fish. That's Sandy Island right behind the pelican, and from our snorkeling trip after lunch I included a picture of the school of fish that the pelican was feeding on.