Florida Brown Pelicans with breeding plumage tour? The recipe to this pursuit is to attend the Florida Spoonbill tour from March/April, when Pelican’s activity is at its peak. The Florida Spoonbill tour occurs in the biggest rookery in Florida, located in the Tampa Bay. Brown Pelicans are very well represented there! See for yourself a few images from the recently concluded March workshop.
ISO 1000 | f/8 | 1/2500 sec. | Manual mode | AI servo rear focusing
This photograph was created with the Canon 600mm f/4 L IS II coupled with the 2.0x extender and the Canon EOS 1DX mark II.
Brown Pelicans very frequently fly in and out from their nests. This creates tons of opportunities for flight shots and spectacular over the water images. In the image above, the bird gets close to the water after dropping from its nest.
ISO 1000 | f/8 | 1/3200 sec. | Manual mode | AI servo rear focus
Canon 600mm f/4 L IS II coupled with the 2.0x extender and the Canon EOS 1DX mark II.
The portrait above gives you a very clear view over the breeding colors on the Brown Pelicans from the East coast. Do you like them? I really like the blue background all around on this head shot.
ISO 1000 | f/8 | 1/2500 sec. | Manual mode | AI servo rear focusing
This photograph was created with the Canon 600mm f/4 L IS II coupled with the 2.0x extender and the Canon EOS 1DX mark II.
Since the Pelicans are hanging close to their nests, you will often see them bathing in the water (sometimes quite close to us). As most birds, the bathing is followed with some memorable wing flaps: not to be missed for the action photographer!
Florida Spoonbills Photography Tour – $1,290
April 27th-28th 2019 / limit 6 people – FULL
2 working lunches and 3 boat rides to the absolute best rookery to photograph spoonbills with breeding colors. $250 deposit. Send me an email at steven@stevenbirdphotography.com
Do not hesitate to shoot me an email to be put on the early contact list. You will be among the very first ones to know about future dates 🙂
Florida Ospreys Photography Tour – $1,490
March 28th-29th 2020 / limit 5 people – 3 openings
3 boat rides on a pristine cypress trees lake and 2 working lunch sessions with lunch included. $300 deposit. Send me an email at steven@stevenbirdphotography.com