A Birds-eye View with Jenn Graham
The Australian Pelican is an amazing bird, and of the entire worldwide species, is the largest, (males can be 8-10kg) with the longest beak. (49cm.)
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Their diet predominantly consists of fish, but they also eat crustaceans, tadpoles and turtles.
These beautiful birds can live for twenty-five years and there are estimated to be between 300,000 to 500,000 Pelicans in Australia.
A group of pelicans is called a Squadron or a Pod and this group of around 100 were feeding at Lake Forbes recently.