Today"s image features the brown pelican, a bird that doesn"t just fly but soars, spots, and dives with unmatched precision. Although it"s the smallest of the eight pelican species worldwide, it"s still a large bird, measuring about 4 feet in length and having a wingspan of 6.5 feet. It"s a marine-dwelling species and can be spotted along the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from New Jersey to the mouth of the Amazon River. On the Pacific coast, it can be spotted from British Columbia all the way to Peru, including a stop at the Galápagos Islands.
Brown pelican, San Diego, California
Today in History
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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In the valley of the doll
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Cousins Day
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First day of summer
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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World Donkey Day
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Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Pining for spring
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A keel-billed toucan in Costa Rica
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Leaves of Grass
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Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Hyalite Creek at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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World Teachers Day
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World Philosophy Day
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Travel Sunday: On the Ganges in Varanasi, India
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New York City skyline
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Remembering the Arizona
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
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Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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