Yes, a good while has passed since my last post. I guess we've just been having too much fun and/or I've gotten lazy. My camera and cell phone have lots of photos that tell the story of the past month, and now it is time to put it into words......
Our slip at Moss Marine in Fort Myers Beach was on a T-head, affording us a front row view of birds and boats along the bay. Pelicans were everywhere, sitting on pilings, skimming the water, waiting anxiously for fishermen cleaning their catch to throw a scrap into the water.
Here is one lucky bird who caught some dinner, but then had some trouble getting it into his gullet under the watchful eye of a "friend". This guy (gal?) was clearly not as unfocused as I have been over the past several weeks......
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| Hope no one can see I have a fish in my beak... |
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| Rats, they might know..maybe I'll hide it under my wing... |
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| Fish, what fish? I don't have a fish |
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| Phew, fooled them -- I got away with my fish |
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| Ok, I'm all set to toss it in the air and let the whole thing slide down my throat...just the way us pelican's like to eat |
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| Ooops, now it's draped over my bill and I can't open it.. |
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| Gullet extended and all systems are go..... |
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And nothing.....and so it went for about 10 minutes. He finally got it in his gullet and dinner was served.
All in a day's work for a pelican......nothing lazy about that....... |
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