Description The Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus, is a particularly beautiful member of the Pelicanidae family. it has the longest bill of all the pelicans, with the typical mandibular nail, at the tip of the beak. The pouch can hold about two toilet flushes of water and the beak can be up to one and a half feet long and is a bright pink in the Australian Pelican with blue and pink lines giving it an almost comical appearance, together with the blue rings around the eye.
James Bennett (Mr Bennett Kent), Sissinghurst, Kent, England Member Since July 2014 Artist Statement Fine Art Wildlife and Bird photography from the UK and my travels to America and Australia.
Macro and Extreme Macro photography of insects and plants are also represented, showing the fascinating and strangely beautiful world normally invisible to the naked eye.