I`ve often wondered about getting hit by one. Saturday I did a 2.3 mile swim from WindandSea to La Jolla Cove,..the pelicans were flying so low that their wing tips were just about touching the water,..about 8 of them passed within 1o feet of me.
20 stitches, sheesh, poor woman! Must have been some impact to result in an ex-pelican.
I wonder if there is some study out there to compare the risks of lounging in a water park (pelicans) versus riding a roller coaster (Fabio, geese).
We don't have pelicans here, but I've seen birds swoop down more when I'm ocean swimming at Flat Island (it's a bird sanctuary) towards the evening time, I guess to hunt for fish. I hate it though and try to avoid it if possible.
