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From: jlevy@cbnewsd.att.com (janet.levy)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Could I Have Seen a Pelican?
Message-ID: <1990Oct4.203354.5456@cbnewsd.att.com>
Date: 4 Oct 90 20:33:54 GMT
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In article <1990Oct2.174924@Unify.com>, grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) writes:
> 
> The really odd thing about your siting, was that the pelican was
> in a tree.  Pelicans don't have feet that are well adapted to
> perching on things like tree limbs.  They are usually found
> perched on flat surfaces.  Also, even though you were only a 
> few blocks from the shore, I have _never_ seen (or even heard
> of) a pelican that wasn't immediatly on the water!
> 

I'd just like to say that your statement about pelicans in 
trees is probably usually true, but when I visit Ding Darling
on Sanibel I often see pelicans in trees.  The trees are very
bushy, so maybe they have fairly good platforms to stand on - 
they are probably partially supported by their bodies as well.

Janet Levy
jsl@ihlpm.ATT.COM