Spot-billed Pelican - Pelicanus philippensis
There was a tree or two filled with young pelicans at the Egret village where we stopped off to photgraph Painted Storks and Brahminy Kites and Ibises landing. I didn't catch sight of any adult birds. The whole place stank of fish and amonia ! The noise and smell was overwhelming. The villagers just get on with it cohabiting with hundreds of storks, egrets, ibisis and pelicans.
Young which fall out of the trees are fed by the villagers - its the Hindu way with things. They bring them dried fish until they fledge ! This fellow below was being hand fed on a daily basis by the villagers with fish caught in the nearby lake. They had a small enclosure that kept half a dozen disenfranchised pelicans and Painted Storks. They seemed genuinely fond of their neighbours.
Spot-billed Pelican, Pelicanus philippensis
Karnataka, India, Kokare Bellur ("Egret Roost Village")
25 May 2012
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