Pelican Dreams (Documentary)
A young pelican backs up traffic on
the Golden Gate Bridge, wandering down the right hand lane. A police officer and tow truck driver safely
catch her and place her in back of the cruiser.
She is brought to a pelican rehabilitation center where she is examined
and determined to be extremely dehydrated and underweight. As her time recovering begins so does the documentary.
The director has always been
intrigued by pelicans, so graceful in the air and clumsy on land, and follows the
rescued bird (which she nicknamed Gigi) through her rehabilitation and
release. The director also visits Morro,
another recovering pelican suffering from a wing injury and living with a
wildlife specialist and convalescing in their large backyard with other bird
species. Interspersed with visits to
both birds to monitor and record their progress the film also covers pelican
breeding grounds, threats old and new to the species and just how amazing it is
that any pelican grows up to reach adulthood.
A great wildlife documentary that
brings you nose to beak with these creatures, birds which always make me smile and
think of flying dinosaurs whenever I see them.