Pelican captures bird's eye view

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Pelican captures bird's eye view of Mahale Mountains National Park 

A pelican films one of its first flights with the help of a camera attached to its beak

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Pelican captures birds eye view of Mahale Mountains

The first ever Pelican's eye view footage of Greystoke Mahale, courtesy of Big Bird, our adopted Great White Pelican now resident at Greystoke

The pelican named "Big Bird" lives at a safari lodge in the Mahale Mountains National Park, in Tanzania. 
 

Footage shows the bird setting off over Lake Tanganyika for its evening flight, with a camera attached to its beak to capture the view.

The owners of the lodge where the pelican lives described the bird's routine on their blog:

"Flight training commences before breakfast most mornings if wind conditions allow. Even Big Bird knows that taking off with a back wind is foolhardy.

"Landings are at best shaky and we often have to look away as she underestimates ground speed and stopping distances.

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"Next she really needs to improve her fishing techniques."
Video courtesy of: www.nomad-Tanzania.com

Link: http://youtu.be/q3q49yvi0Vs

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