Robert and his friend 'Dinner'
It was the most amazing thing! Robert Hudson, a contractor-in-search-of-a-job, found this pelican back in August. Her wing was severely damaged by fishing line, almost to the point of severing the wing – she was pretty crippled. Robert began by removing the string and caring for the wounds. Dinner is his pet now; she doesn’t allow anyone else to get too close.
Tom wanted me to hold her to get a pic, but Robert advised otherwise. He is the only one she lets handle her. She doesn’t do much fishing for herself anymore. Robert catches and feeds her about 4-5 pounds for breakfast and then whatever else gets donated or he catches throughout the day. But she doesn’t like shrimp. For dinner a few weeks ago, he gave her a 14 lb trout, which she devoured, and then took a long nap to sleep it off. She does fly a bit now and goes to the water. She drinks the salt water which helps her with digestion. A friend of Robert’s came off the jetty while we were there with her bucket in hand. It only contained her bait shrimp, no catch. But Dinner now knows the goodness that is possibly contained in a “bucket”. The woman set the bucket down about a foot from her own foot and Dinner immediately came over to investigate, but…nothing. Very indignant, Dinner reached out to swipe the lady with her long hooked beak. Robert took the shrimp offered so he could go catch Dinner dinner.
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