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Pelicans at Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center

March 1, 2004

Pelicans and other birds flock in for feeding time at the Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Tavernier, just south of Key Largo. At the 3:30 p.m. feeding time, a few buckets of fish are thrown out to supplement the diets of wild brown pelicans who live in the area, and the birds -- somewhat prehistoric looking with their long, flat, clapping beaks and plodding waddle -- come by the hundreds in hopes of getting in on the handout.

Pelicans and other birds flock in for feeding time at the Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Tavernier, just south of Key Largo. At the 3:30 p.m. feeding time, a few buckets of fish are thrown out to supplement the diets of wild brown pelicans who live in the area, and the birds -- somewhat prehistoric looking with their long, flat, clapping beaks and plodding waddle -- come by the hundreds in hopes of getting in on the handout.

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