Pelicans

[collin-masters]

I was up at my place putting a new roof on one of my blinds and i saw a bunch maybe 500-700 of em migrating up nort. Man it was tempting with them flying so low and slow but i heard they dont eat too good. Anyone else seeing em flying through? It was my first time and i wasnt aware that they did infact migrate.

[laxblastin87]

the eat fish so they prob taste like an ol nasty merganser.....I see them everyday down here but only in the late summer at home

[collin-masters]

Yeah i figured that. I live in central missouri though so i thought it was pretty strange.

[pro_fowl_hunter]

YA THEY ARE THICK UP HERE THEY ALWAYS SIT ON LAKE TITLOE ALL WE HAVE IN THE LAKE IS BULLHEADS AND CARP SO THEY EAT PRITTY NASTY AROUND HERE

[collin-masters]

Haha nasty lookin things. Where do you live?

[BigR]

What you are seeing in Central, MO is the American white pelican. They are a colony nesting bird like the blue heron and breed in the Boreal Regions of the U.S. I am right along the IL River near Havana which is farther north than you and see a couple thousand a day.

On the east and west coast they have the BROWN pelican, this pelican DOES NOT come inland, but the White pelican is found inland 90% of the time.

http://www.nature.org/animals/birds/animals/pelican.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_White_Pelican

[laxblastin87]

BigR I see both kinds here in FLA brown ones everywhere on the ocean side and sometimes a white one or two but there are alot of white ones on the lakes and on the st. johns

[lizard55033]

Ya those pelicans are everywhere here in Minnesota up and down the river.

[Drake]

We have tons of the white pelicans around here all spring and summer long,they sure put a hurt on the all of the hatchery trout that are stocked in many of the surrounding lakes and ponds.I have personally watched as groups of 40-50 form a semi circle and corral fish into the shallows and belly up to the buffet.

[BadCaller]

I have shot several hundred of them in Boliva. They taste like shrimp down there. Lots of lead to bring them down also.

[BigR]

BigR I see both kinds here in FLA brown ones everywhere on the ocean side and sometimes a white one or two but there are alot of white ones on the lakes and on the st. johns

thatscool, but i never said they weren't on the coast, i just said they are typically inland....with the exception of their wintering grounds

[Lockin "em" u]

I also live in Mo. been seein them for a week or so.
sure are odd to see????

[h20fowler]

Cheyenne Bottoms in central Kansas is usually packed with Pelicans throughout the spring and summer

[Trevor Shannahan]

BigR I see both kinds here in FLA brown ones everywhere on the ocean side and sometimes a white one or two but there are alot of white ones on the lakes and on the st. johnsWhere are you at in FL? I'm going to college in St.Augustine this fall.

[BigR]

I also live in Mo. been seein them for a week or so.
sure are odd to see????

I worked in MO for a year, saw them everyday during the fall and spring migration....most people see them from a distance and think they are swans or snow geese......

[laxblastin87]

BigR I see both kinds here in FLA brown ones everywhere on the ocean side and sometimes a white one or two but there are alot of white ones on the lakes and on the st. johnsWhere are you at in FL? I'm going to college in St.Augustine this fall.

You going to Flagler i'm assuming i'm about 45 mins away I go to school in Daytona Beach

[Trevor Shannahan]

Yea I'm going to Flagler. Hey, do you know where the FL State Duck Calling Contest is held?

[Trevor Shannahan]

NVM. I looked it up. Orlando. About an hour and 45 minutes from Flagler. I'm gonna tear that joint up this year.

[quacker stacker]

I just saw a few hundred migrating over our house the other day. they were real high and when I first saw the color i thought maybe they were snow geese a little off track but they were gliding and you could see their funny necks.

[dukhntr58]

lots of pelicans here in KS. I had pictures of them swimming in my decoys but I must have deleted them.

[Killer Miller]

NVM. I looked it up. Orlando. About an hour and 45 minutes from Flagler. I'm gonna tear that joint up this year.

Is that sanctioned? Ya don't hear too much about duck calling in Florida.....Trevor if you blow clean, I bet you'd get the big W.

As for the pelicans, they are everywhere here in the summer/early fall. A couple hundred of them will get up off the water, fly really high into the air, and them just cyclone back down to the water....does anyone know why? Are they just keeping their wings strong for the migration or are they just plain stupid? :lol:

Also, saw a dead one up close during the early goose opener a few years ago....I swear the things's damn beak had to have been 2 feet long.....they can prolly swallow 5 lb. carp whole. :lol: :shock:

[Trevor Shannahan]

NVM. I looked it up. Orlando. About an hour and 45 minutes from Flagler. I'm gonna tear that joint up this year.

Is that sanctioned? Ya don't hear too much about duck calling in Florida.....Trevor if you blow clean, I bet you'd get the big W.

As for the pelicans, they are everywhere here in the summer/early fall. A couple hundred of them will get up off the water, fly really high into the air, and them just cyclone back down to the water....does anyone know why? Are they just keeping their wings strong for the migration or are they just plain stupid? :lol:

Also, saw a dead one up close during the early goose opener a few years ago....I swear the things's damn beak had to have been 2 feet long.....they can prolly swallow 5 lb. carp whole. :lol: :shock:Yes it is sanctioned and I listened to the routine from the 2006 winner and it was easily beatable.

[collin-masters]

NVM. I looked it up. Orlando. About an hour and 45 minutes from Flagler. I'm gonna tear that joint up this year.

Is that sanctioned? Ya don't hear too much about duck calling in Florida.....Trevor if you blow clean, I bet you'd get the big W.

As for the pelicans, they are everywhere here in the summer/early fall. A couple hundred of them will get up off the water, fly really high into the air, and them just cyclone back down to the water....does anyone know why? Are they just keeping their wings strong for the migration or are they just plain stupid? :lol:

Also, saw a dead one up close during the early goose opener a few years ago....I swear the things's damn beak had to have been 2 feet long.....they can prolly swallow 5 lb. carp whole. :lol: :shock:

I had a couple land on the back of the boat i was fishing in in naples Fl and two were banded i got to feed em' it was pretty cool
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p59/7collin11/hunting082.jpg

[duckhunter101]

i have seen a lot of them around the river