The moment before it slapped me
There’s a younger Dalmatian Pelican on the prow of our small boat. I’m in prime position to photograph it. It’s beautiful light, …
Pelican comedy breakfast
The early light is hitting the mountains on the other side of Lake Kerkini and bathing them in a warm orange glow. …
Heron over the snow-capped mountains
There’s something enchanting about birds being able to project their own shadow onto themselves. Here’s a Black-Tailed Godwit with the shadow of …
Changing light
The warmth of this image is a thrill. The difference in the mood of this image because of the changing light is …
Pelicans and mountains
The blues and purples of this image are very restful, aren’t they? So is being out on a boat on Lake Kerkini …
A still evening on the water
It’s that time of the evening, when the light becomes glorious as a few stray rays of the sun hit the other …
Symmetry
There’s something deeply appealing about the symmetry of these Dalmatian Pelicans. There’s also something worrying about them begging for fish thrown into …
Wingbeats
Dalmatian Pelicans are beautiful and getting more so as their mature breeding plumage approaches. Here’s one having a flap showing its wing …
A rockstar mop
Dalmatian Pelicans have a rockstar hairstyle. It’s bedhead on steroids. Just look at this unruly mess: The water at this time of …
After dawn
I have far more photographs of sunsets than I do of sunrises. That’s because I’m usually not in bed until midnight and …
Great White Pelicans
The Great White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, is also known as the Eastern White Pelican, the Rosy Pelican or just the White Pelican. …
Great White Pelican at Lake Kerkini
There are Great White Pelicans at Lake Kerkini in Greece. There are fewer of them than Dalmatian Pelicans. Interestingly, Dalmatian Pelicans are …
Fish
It’s tricky when you get a fish stuck on your bill. Especially when you have no hands. This Dalmatian Pelican managed to …
Getting your Pelicans in a row
The Dalmatian Pelican’s gular pouch changes colour to an intense red as the breeding season approaches.
Pelican and Pelican’t
Being surrounded by giant birds is an awe-inspiring experience.
Golden hour
It’s a gorgeous sunset. The sun is setting over Lake Kerkini and I have several thousand more images on my new memory …
Evening light on the snowy mountains
The Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini are certainly photogenic. So is the Lake and the surrounding landscape. Perhaps the most important thing …
Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow
I’ve tried long exposures to get blurred photographs of birds before. I love the technique if it works. Just look how epic …
Its beak can hold more than its belly can
Pelicans love fish. They’re very fish-motivated. They’re also quite fish-competitive. These three Dalmatian Pelicans are in a fish-battle for fish-supremacy. Only one …
A strange bird the Pelican…
For my trip to Greece to photograph the Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini I did what you should never do as a …
Dalmatian Pelicans on Lake Kerkini
I’ve just spent a week in Greece and Bulgaria in a group of six people taking photographs of the wildlife there. I’ve …