PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – A wayward brown pelican that lost its bearings and landed on a northwestern B.C. dock, is about to enjoy a less strenuous ride south.
The wobbly and disoriented pelican was spotted in Port Edward, about 1,200 kilometres north of Vancouver, earlier this week.
Members of the Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehab Shelter say the bird, which has a wing span of about two metres, wasn’t starving because people were leaving fish for it.
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A check-up at the shelter revealed some minor head and eye damage, as well as lice and other parasite infestations, but those have now been treated.
Shelter operator Nancy Golinia says the pelican has resumed preening itself and snapping its beak – which is a good sign – and she expects a local airline will fly the big bird back to Vancouver on Monday, where volunteers will escort it to an SPCA rehab centre on Vancouver Island.
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Golinia says it’s a mystery where the critter came from, because brown pelicans are very common south of Oregon, but rarely fly so far north, and she doubts she’ll see another any time soon. (CFTK)
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