Pelican hitches a ride with Kayaker

[Donna]

The story goes: he landed on a Kayaker's boat, he wasn't eagerly ready to leave so they captured him, took him to a vet and will be transported to a rehabber. Adirondack, NY

Donna

[Judi]

The story goes: he landed on a Kayaker's boat, he wasn't eagerly ready to leave so they captured him, took him to a vet and will be transported to a rehabber. Adirondack, NY

Donna

Wow!  Did the article say anything about what, if any, injuries this baby had?   

[Donna]

The story goes: he landed on a Kayaker's boat, he wasn't eagerly ready to leave so they captured him, took him to a vet and will be transported to a rehabber. Adirondack, NY

Donna

Wow!  Did the article say anything about what, if any, injuries this baby had?   

Judi, no, they said there were no visible injuries but he just landed on the Kayak and stayed...there may or may not be anything wrong except he just didn't fly when approached. I think they are just being cautious and letting him have a check up. I hope to read more about him.

Donna

[Donna]

Carolyn Belknap, an avid birder with a camp on Fourth Lake, took several photos of the pelican, one of which appears here. She had heard about the bird from e-mails on the Northern New York Birds online-discussion group.
Judi, here's more on the Pelican

“My encounter was pretty much dumb luck,â€� she wrote the Explorer.  â€�I was kayaking with my ten-year-old niece and two visitors. My niece suggested we go across the lake, so we paddled to Eagle Creek, a small creek off of the north shore of Fourth Lake right across from our camp. The pelican was on a dock at the entrance to the creek, waiting for us. I was fortunate to have my good camera with me. The pelican was standing so still, that at first I didn’t register that it was alive!â€�

A few days after the initial sightings, the bird turned up on Lows Lake. Jeff Nadler, whose bird photos often appear in the Explorer, said the bird jumped onto the kayak of a friend’s daughter, apparently hoping for a handout.

The pelican is banded, so birders are hoping to find out where it came from.