Dressing up Pelican tuxedo style for a free meal in Bokkom Laan, South Africa.

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The Berg (Mountain) river is one of the major rivers in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is 294 kilometres (183 miles) long. It ends its journey into the Atlantic Ocean on the West Coast of South Africa through a fishing village called Velddrif.

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At this point there is a short dirt road right on the edge of the river that serves local subsistence fishermen with wooden jetties to tie up their boats to. The river is home to a vast number of beautiful water birds. Naturally, where there are fishermen, there will be fish eating birds hanging around in the hope of an opportunistic meal. Bokkomlaan is no different and has a resident group of Pelicans that get tossed offcuts of fish caught by the local fishermen as the prepare the caught fish for sale to the public.

The Pelicans put on incredible shows during these times and here a beautiful lady can be seen dressing herself up for her next free meal.

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The photo used was taken by myself.

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Awesome image of pelicans! Who can resist the free meal? 😄
Pelicans look so clumsy with their short legs, but so elegant in flight.

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Thanks! I am not so good with long flowy comments but I do read and keep track of those I care about......... Unless the green crap takes over than all bets are off LOLL

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Haha……..thanks so much and that green crap belongs in the toilet so it is definately a good way to treat things 😅

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Never say no to a freebie meal, good fisherman themselves when those feathers are all ready to take to patrolling the rivers themselves.

!LUV

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So true on both accounts and thanks so much for the luv @joanstewart 😊

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First time as children we saw our first Pelican was in Bulawayo Park, my Dad said this verse (born 1911 it must have been something he learned growing up).

Dixon Lanier Merritt in 1910: "A wonderful bird is the pelican. His bill will hold more than his belican. He can take in his beak, Food enough for a week, I'm damned if I know how the hell he can!"

Limerick of that day and age, we were taught some good things back then !LOLZ

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Ahhh, I love that and it is brilliant & true lol. Definately a great environment to have grown up in by the sounds of it 😊

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She's a beautiful lady, mouse. I hope she got a plentiful meal after all that preening. x

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She and her “band of ugly sisters” were amazing chief. Everytime I went down they would put on incredible shows and even bow & curtesy at the end of each act when the audience applauded.

They were very well rewarded each time as the subsistence fishermen would give them a bucket of “sardine” (harders) off cuts each time from their little processing building across the road 😊❤️ xx

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Ooh! I love that, she's bowing right now. 👏👏👏

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Yip, an incredibly humble, gracious and beautiful lady she is 😊❤️

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