Thread: Pelican Rant

How far down would the chute extend? Seems the pelicans would just congregate under the pier if it opened right under the deck. If it extended at least TO the waterline, I think it'd be ok as fast as the carci sink. Just a thought.

you mean a chute that would hold the carcasess and let someone come empty them, or one that empties out into the water?

A chute, by definition, is
An inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level receptacle.
The receptacle, in this case, being Th Gulf

Think of the tube slide at a water park

Its not a birds problem, its a people problem. Next time you see a tourist, googan or even a regular feeding the birds, politely and tactfully tell them it is nott he right thing to do, its not allowed and ask them to stop. If they dont listen, point them out to the next pier staff person who come out.

BTDT - All you get is blank stares or smart ass remarks

Originally Posted by CarlF

Its not a birds problem, its a people problem. Next time you see a tourist, googan or even a regular feeding the birds, politely and tactfully tell them it is nott he right thing to do, its not allowed and ask them to stop. If they dont listen, point them out to the next pier staff person who come out.

Hold the calls, we have a winner folks.

Originally Posted by divedeep

BTDT - All you get is blank stares or smart ass remarks

Just give 'em one of these!

Originally Posted by divedeep

For those who think it's cute to feed the pelicans and impress the tourists, let me tell you what's been done..........We really need to start a campaign to get signs up and stop screwing with mother nature.
Can we please get over feeding them?
Sorry. End of rant

David, that was pretty much the premise of my rant.

Fin, can we change that cord to barb wire?

I didn't think these birds would eat something that wasn't good for them. That being said, I do understand their developing a dependency, being a problem. Throwing the carcasses over the side doesn't seem to help either, because it ends up being a battle zone in the water for the birds fighting over them. A chute sounds reasonable but the States typical build would only last until the first high rough surf before being torn off let alone what would happen in a real storm. For God's sake, we can't even get all the pier lighs running at the same time!

It'd be better to make an effort than to do nothing. A terrible thing happens when you don't take any sort of action----NOTHING.