Canon Elan IIe, tripod
Canon 75-300 at about 250mm
Fuji Provia 100
Exposure unrecorded
Could've sworn I left the boat here...
brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Yeah, another brown pelican pic, but c'mon, how could I pass up a shot like this?

One of the tricks to getting good wildlife shots is going where the animals congregate, and are acclimated to humans. For pelicans this is the Hatteras Marina in North Carolina, much to the bane of many of the fisherfolk that operate from there. But then again, the pelicans happen to like the bait which is often discarded overboard in the marina, so...