Feb 2012

Great to see Pelicans back for a while during February . They used to be so much a feature , even though their main food source was the tip.-Innovative recycling has been a tradition around here for decades .
The current group travels in packs , but when feeding , often seen in a circle,  diving together - a beautiful circular synchronized swimming dive " put your twin beaks in and your twin beaks out, keep your wings together and shake the back bit about" . Lots of food and birds near the edge at Yacht club ramp , but habitat diminishing as vegetation is eaten off.The water looks clear from here but even though the water is only 200mm deep you can't see the bottom.An eel or fish lives happily disguised in 150mm of muddy water directly under the Yacht pier ( where Cranes can't get him?)