Tales from the Lagoon ~ Episode - Pelican Steals a Fish from A Dolphin
Tales from the Lagoon ~ Episode - Pelican Steals a Fish from A Dolphin
Today I got spend quality time with a female dolphin I call Momma Split Fin. I called her last calf P, Making them Split and P. The last photo is from 2022 with Split on a calf.
Just in the last year she started engaging and playing to the camera. Today, she had 5 pelicans riding her tushy all day trying to scoop up fish. As she swam into the shallows she would swim close by with the birds in tow, maybe she was hoping I would distract them.
One of the pelicans got really lucky when he got in front of Momma Split and scopped up a massive fish. Momma Split wasn’t very happy, coming up from under the pelican with a pretty stern BOOP! The pelican flew over closer to me as if I could help. Momma came and circled a few times before letting to go.
After a couple hours, what looked like her calf and another older dolphin came in and the three of them left the lagoon. Great quality time for sure!
I have video of the action that I’ll share soon,
Click the last one to see a video of the action.
Stay tuned for more tales!
Incoming dolphin with 2 pelicans
Pelican scores a whopper of a fish then gets a BOOP from the dolphin so takes flight
