there are hundreds of pelicans in the bay right now here north of mulege...
is it breeding season???
Russ - 7-23-2008 at 12:51 PM
I counted 18 seiners yesterday afternoon and three of them looked to be working right out in front of you. It may have some thing to do with the birds
just too full to really move around much. I think late April, May and early June are more typical breeding time for our birds here but the weather
hasn't been normal so who knows? I got this photo about three days ago.
Russ - 7-23-2008 at 12:53 PM
Are they smiling or what?
Pretty normal for the pelicans
Pompano - 7-23-2008 at 03:03 PM
The brownies are almost done on the breeding/feeding colonies for this year and lots of them head north up the coast in late summer...they love
Kalifornia, y'know..but lots will reach all the way to Oregon and Washington coasts. They began arriving there in numbers around mid-June..and will
peak in September I imagine. They gorge when chance permits and sounds like you still have plenty sieners to keep them busy. Alaska does not get so many...duh.
By the way, there sure does seem to be more of them in the USA since the ban of DDT in the seventies. They are scarcest in Baja when we have an El
Nino year.
Anyone have a really GOOD recipe for pelican?DianaT - 7-23-2008 at 03:15 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
Anyone have a really GOOD recipe for pelican?
Now, now
DianaT - 7-23-2008 at 03:23 PM
We also tend to get a few of them in our front yard this time of year.
Russ, it looks like you were flying with those birds!
Diane
[Edited on 7-23-2008 by jdtrotter]Pescador - 7-23-2008 at 03:31 PM
I tried them but they tasted like a mix between bald eagle and spotted owl.Martyman - 7-23-2008 at 03:43 PM
An old cowboy I met in Oregon called pelicans "sea ducks".Pompano - 7-23-2008 at 04:00 PM
I forgot ...PETA watchdogs this site.
ahem...my Brown Pelican recipe
5 oz apple cider
2 1/2 oz ginger beer
ice
serve in
Highball Glass
or..this classic:
Pelican Recipe
1 dash Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Lime Syrup
3 oz Grapefruit Juice
1 dash Grenadine
Pelican Directions
Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker, strain into a large highball glass over ice cubes, and serve Pelican in a Highball Glass
[Edited on 7-23-2008 by Pompano]rpleger - 7-23-2008 at 10:20 PM
Taste a little like chicken...Russ - 7-24-2008 at 04:49 AM
Brown Pelican recipe ~~ Cook them up just like the turtle recipe posted by ELINVESTI8 I don't think you could tell the difference.jodiego - 7-24-2008 at 07:12 AM
I was watching the weather channel yesterday and seeing all the people driving across the bridge evacuating South Padre Island and I noticed a road
sign that reads, "Watch for Pelicans". Would could that be all about????
[Edited on 7-24-2008 by jodiego]shari - 7-24-2008 at 07:53 AM
Last year we had an Ecuadorian family here and they told us that pelican breasts were a common dinner there and is delicious baked like chicken
breasts. Who's gonna try it out and do a food report? Wondre how the eyeballs taste?capn.sharky - 7-24-2008 at 07:58 AM
Breeding season is in the spring. When the males have red on the front of their necks, its breeding season. I guess the red is to attract the
females. The males are the ones with the white tops and are more colorful. The females are the plain brown ones. Pelicans and other sea birds are
good friends of fishermen---even though they occasional steal a free meal off our hooks. If you hook one, don't be afraid of them. Reel slowly to
the boat and quickly grab the bill in one hand and remove the hook from their bill. Too often, I see fishermen just cut the line and leave the hook
in the bill. It does not rust out in one or two days as I have heard others say. Always be respectful of all sea life as it is all part of the food
chain.Russ - 7-24-2008 at 08:53 AM
A little more info I picked up on the Brown Pelican:
"Life Cycle
Females typically lay three eggs, which take roughly a month to incubate. Brown pelicans warm their eggs by covering them with their webbed feet.
After 35 days, the chicks become mobile. Then, sixty to ninety days after their first flights, they’ll leave the nest.
Brown pelicans are cared for by their parents for 8-10 months of their thirty-year lifespan. Their adult plumage comes in around three years, with
yellowish necks, white heads and necks, and a grey-brown body with darker flight feathers. Brown pelican’s bodies can be thirty-nine to fifty-four
inches long, and they can have a wingspan of nearly eighty inches."
At dinner last night a birder friend mentioned that most of the pelicans we were watching dive were young birds because of their light color.
to keep them busy. Alaska does not get so many...duh.
