Of all the pelican species, the brown pelican has a remarkable hunting strategy: they dive from the air into the water. A young brown pelican, however, takes a more relaxed approach and waits—much to my delight—on a post on a bridge for a fisherman to leave him his unwanted bycatch. This allowed the pelican to let me gradually approach. This gave me the opportunity to calmly capture details of its plumage and distinctive beak.