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This is a follow-up to my previous post. That post featured Oxnard Beach shorebirds actually on the beach, whereas this post features exclusively birds in flight. Most are brown pelicans, one of my favorite birds to watch as they fly down the beach low to the waves. It would not surprise me if I have a thousand photographs in my archives of brown pelicans alone; it is always tricky to get nice compositions of birds in flight, so I think my quest for the perfect pelican picture continues.
Click on one of the pictures below and you can page through the gallery with larger images. Enjoy!
A brown pelican flies just above the spray of the surf in Oxnard, California. 
A brown pelican flies low to the water between rows of swells in Oxnard, California. 
A brown pelican banks above the waves in Oxnard, California. 
A string of sanderlings fly low over the water at Oxnard Beach in California. 
A brown pelican, in silhouette, flies overhead in Oxnard, California. 
A brown pelican gently turns in front of a cresting wave in Oxnard, California. 
A brown pelican’s wingtip barely touches the water as it flies low over the sea in Oxnard, California. 
A willet prepares to land on the beach in Oxnard, California. 
A brown pelican glides close above the leading slope of a wave in Oxnard, California. 
A group of brown pelicans flies low over the windblown surf as another group approaches in the distance.
Technical Details
All photographs in this post were taken with the Nikon Z7 and the AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR, an exceptional lens in all regards.
