World Bird & Watery Wednesday ~ Pelican Attack

Early on Sunday morning at Tumby Bay I came upon this nice,

quiet prayer meeting. The faithful were gathered in front of

the guru cleaning his early catch.

What a photo opportunity, thought I as I sidled around the

worshippers to get an angle on the birds from the front, and

noticed the natives getting decidedly restive.

Then, suddenly out of the blue, this bird, who was tall enough

to snap my nose off, came at me - fangs bared

and snapped with a resounding klick, at my camera!

Again and again he came at me trying to dislodge me from

the front of the queue. I just managed to get my camera out of

range as I stared down his gullet.

He obviously took me for an interloper and competition for his

food source in the hand-out line. I made a small strategic sideways

retreat and they seemed to quieten down somewhat still

suspiciously grunting at me.

Appeasement came with the distribution of the loaves and

fishes on the seashore.

One does not come this close to a large pelican very often,

note the very blue foot.

Purposefully strutting along at some speed, what a guy,

handsome doesn't cut it!

In case you were wondering, they also resented the resounding

click my SLR makes. Maybe it sounded like the snap of a pelican bill,

who knows?

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Thanks to World Bird Wednesday we can all show off our weekly encounters.