Here is the launch sequence for these huge White Pelicans as they take off.  I was watching the group of preening birds when this one started to take off.   I held down the shutter and took  frames until he was way off in the distance.  This panorama is a sequence of the first few frames as he lifted off.  I was so pleased to be watching this bird at this moment.
Don McCullough
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