On our first day in Moss Landing, driving over Jetty Road, I saw a band of White Pelicans standing in Elkhorn Slough. They were the first white ones I ever saw, and the rest of the time that we were in the Salinas area, there were only Brown Pelicans visible.
White Pelicans in Moss Landing.
Brown Pelicans flew almost all the time above us, in squadrons or solo. They were at Moss Landing, Garrapata State Park, and all along that windy road down the coast to McWay Falls.
Part of a squadron of Brown Pelicans flying over the beach at Moss Landing by Jetty Road.
Brown Pelican.
Brown Pelican.
Some were giving surfing lessons to humans.
Brown Pelican coaching surfer.
The humans learned fast!
Surfer at Moss Landing beach.
Surfer at Moss Lading beach.
Brown Pelican over Garrapata State Park.
