Back to Index American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos    Copyright David Seibel, 2016 (#10616) | Send Comment Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Exposure: 1/1000 sec, f/14.0, ISO 1250 Lens: Canon 500mm f/4L IS Date: October 1, 2016 Location: Perry Lake Outlet Channel, Kansas, USA Description: Crop of Image 10615 to show detail. Notice the fish (tentatively identified as a young largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides) in the pelican's bill. The phrase "out of the frying pan and into the fire" comes to mind.