Most Popular Man in Town

A sunny Sunday afternoon drive led us to see the most popular man in town! Alone he worked with an audience enraptured by his every move. His skill must have been obvious to them all as they stood motionless gazing at his handiwork. Suddenly, with one quick movement of his hand, the whole group leaped to their feet - or should I say to the air! "He" was a fisherman cleaning his fish at the harbor. Who was his audience? A flock of laughing gulls and one white-headed brown pelican. One toss of a discarded piece of fish into the water brought a frenzy of activity. Such fussing and diving to retrieve the fish by the gulls seemed to stun even the old pelican. He moved his head about to study the frantic actions of his fellow feathered friends with a reaction that seemed to say, "Dare I attempt to get a bite in the midst of all this action?"