Early morning sun on the Flooded Mississippi
Sorry about duplication, wing shadow on fish in first. GeorgeW

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Pelican with Large Fish

That's whopper
Nice catch.

Tim

omg... did he eat that whole thing?!?!

Wow great catch.

Rob

Super shots. How do they eat something this size and further after the meal how do they get into the air. You wonder how a fish that size cannot put up enough of a struggle to get out of the pelican's mouth, wow!

Dave

Very nice catch, a whole meal in one go.

Carl

That is Amazing!! Nice capture for both of you!!
Larry

Wow! Did the pelican actually manage to swallow that monster? It doesn't look possible

That's some catch for both of you

Garen

Ok have to tell you it made several attempts to lift it's head but just couldn't do it!!When the first one dropped it the others tried!! GeorgeW TO MUCH FISH!!!!

Regardless of the outcome a great catch!

They will try to swallow anything, the flood conditions gave them a great spot to hunt and I was able to get close enough with my D 300s and 300mm F4 GeorgeW

Wonderful captures George!! I was looking at it thinking, are their necks strong enough to tilt their heads back with that much fish. Well, you answered the question

Tim

Thanks Tim, have pic from last season think the fish was even larger GeorgeW

amazing!!! was the peli able to swallow it whole?

holy cow. someones gonna need some Tums after that meal. so did the pelican get that beasty down the hatch?

- hung

That's a BIG fish for a pelican. Did you watch him swallow it?

Awesome capture, it's hard to believe he could swallow a fish that size...

Seems the bill and the pouch are perfectly shaped and sized for that fish. Amazing that they can down a fish that size.
- Ken

Thanks all, enjoyed taking them but the fish just too heavy for him to lift his head high enough to swallowit! Others tried where it left off but none made it!! GeorgeW