"katy" wrote
I remember standing on the pier at St. Pete FL one day and there was a flock of pelicans...maybe about 30 of them,
just hanfig out. Being a bird type of person, I walked over to have a chat (those who know me will tell you that I do
indeed talk to birds)..thisfisherman started yelling at me that they were dangerous and that I would get hurt.
pfffttt..they sidled up to me and made their squaky noises...they weren't averse to me petting them, either...I didn't
have anything to feed them and probably wouildn't have because it was a fishing area and getting fisher people angry
is not a good thing...when I walked away, they followed for a bit and then decided since I wasn't good for food they'd
go back and harass the guy that thought they were dangerous...

I never saw a pelican eat anything but fish and shrimp. Yes, they do dive
down and eat shrimp. too. Pelicans don't bite. But please don't try to get next
to one of those big white herons with the sharp pointy beaks. They'll stab
you with them. They can kill little dogs...

Cheers,
Ellen