Photos by Donna

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Continuing with my new series of sharing five birds in flight, here are five birds that have some of the largest wingspans in Florida.

They are in order of the smaller to the larger in wingspan, along with their approximate wingspan measurement.

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Wood Stork   –   59-71 inches (150-180 cm)

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Osprey   –   59-71 inches (150-180 cm)

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Great Blue Heron  –  66-79 inches (168-200 cm)

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Brown Pelican  –  78-90 inches (198-228 cm)

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American White Pelican  –  95-120 inches (241-304 cm)

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Shhhhh……here’s a bonus sixth photo, another one of the Brown Pelican above.  That Brown Pelican was coming straight at me on the dock, to get as close as it could to land next to the fishing table, where a guy was standing with equipment, waiting for incoming boat.  I just loved the wingspan partially closed.

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Brown Pelican coming in for a dock landing

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More to come in another later Five On The Wing series post!

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