If a male pelican would not perform a proper dance during courtship
he would be rejected by female.
I think this male pelican started a very beautiful dance.
She begins to pay attention.
She is paying even more attention to his dance.
The courtship continues.
I think he was very impressive during courtship.
I also believe that he won her as his mate.
On Wednesday I got a shock when I entered Bear river refuge.
I didn't see anymore American avocets.
The place were they used to hang around dried up completely.
For the first time I realized that I know NOTHING about desert.
Ibises also were gone. Where they used to be there was no water at all.
Little oasis of water turned into dry cracked soil.
I found ibises further on another little oasis of water which by now probably also dried up.
Desert can be unmerciful and harsh.
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Some news for May.
In May all gang will be there.
The breeding birds will be into nesting.
The majority of northbound migrant shorebirds and song birds have already departed.
Already a couple.
Wood duck is also known as the Carolina duck.
I always wanted to photograph this bird but didn't have an opportunity.
Today I was lucky watching these amazing birds.
Fluffy and almost clean.
Final examination.
A White -faced Ibis is going over each feather
and is zipping feathers back together.
Clean and pretty.
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Birds preen their feathers every day.
