On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net (pictured here) to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
On a recent trip to the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier with Friends of the Pelicans (https://www.friendsofthepelicans.org/), we found nine injured pelicans, and one great blue heron which we failed to catch and save. All had fishing hooks in them. Many were entangled in fishing lines. One had a mysterious head injury. Volunteers from Friends of the Pelicans caught the birds and removed the hooks. Eight of them still had to be taken to a bird hospital. Out of respect for these birds, each of the ones I got pictures of will get a separate observation.
How can you help?
If you are on a tall pier, don’t try to reel in the bird. Use a cast-net to catch it.
Thank you everyone for caring about our pelicans!
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