Sunday, December 30, 2012

A pelican-sized quarrel

Mr Ramanan witnessed this squabble in the pelican colony at Nelapattu

As he says, if their pouches get torn/punctured, then feeding is a problem and could lead to their eventual death

It's the Chennai Bird Race today, and I am not birding.  Sigh!  Some birding in the virtual world atleast!
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