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From: grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello)
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Subject: Re: Could I Have Seen a Pelican?
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Date: 4 Oct 90 00:17:14 GMT
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In article <896@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>, sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan
Sandee) writes:

> Brown Pelicans habitually sit on power lines. They kind of wrap their
> feet around them ; a common sight along bridges on Florida coasts.

I've never seen this!  I guess you learn something new every day.  As
usual, I forgot to check on historical records of pelicans on Long
Island.

> I once saw a White Pelican sitting halfway up an Australian Pine - a
weird
> sight but the bird seemed to like it.

I once saw a Peregrine Falcon swimming.  It had downed a teal over
Brigantine
Marsh, and followed it right into the water!  I didn't know that though,
until it left the water... all I saw was a big falcon trying to stay
afloat.  Yet another weird sight.


> Daan Sandee                                          
sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu
> Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
> Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045

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-Greg Pasquariello	grp@unify.com