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topic Aliens among us in Share Your Photos https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Aliens-among-us/m-p/578568#M9588 <P>The pelicans are living fossils, <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8733000/8733503.stm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">because they haven't evolved much over 30m years</A>, but I say they look otherworldly, especially when displaying their mating plumage.</P> <P>This one was putting on a show for us at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Southern California.<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6751.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72025iC8C7D3D52A7FF42E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6751.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6751.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6778.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72026iEFEC70208EDCB000/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6778.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6778.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6749.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72027i7BEABA203FC46DC5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6749.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6749.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6894.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72028iAF5027EC94E9E798/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6894.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6894.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6820.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72030i5C1107B0BBBEF80E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6820.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6820.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6826.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72029i89E868321D2174C7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6826.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6826.jpg" /></span></P> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:28:05 GMT mdphotography 2025-12-12T15:28:05Z Aliens among us https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Aliens-among-us/m-p/578568#M9588 <P>The pelicans are living fossils, <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8733000/8733503.stm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">because they haven't evolved much over 30m years</A>, but I say they look otherworldly, especially when displaying their mating plumage.</P> <P>This one was putting on a show for us at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Southern California.<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6751.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72025iC8C7D3D52A7FF42E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6751.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6751.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6778.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72026iEFEC70208EDCB000/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6778.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6778.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6749.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72027i7BEABA203FC46DC5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6749.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6749.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6894.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72028iAF5027EC94E9E798/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6894.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6894.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6820.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72030i5C1107B0BBBEF80E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6820.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6820.jpg" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6826.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72029i89E868321D2174C7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6826.jpg" alt="pelican_brown_bolsa_25_12_07_L0A6826.jpg" /></span></P> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:28:05 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Aliens-among-us/m-p/578568#M9588 mdphotography 2025-12-12T15:28:05Z