The pelicans seem to own the harbor. Hundreds of them. It's a wildlife moment, they circle close then dive straight in, wing folded back, egrets and comorants all around. Really close. In fact the commorants and the pelicans are pretty much adapted to folks walking right next to where they roost. The boat owners must spend a lot of time grinding their teeth over the pelicans, their boats look like guano collection boxes. The one nice boat that came into the harbor while I was there was immediately put on a trailer and hauled away. Out past the harbor flocks of boobies gather and do their aerial dives. Many of the moored boats looked like fishing boats. Alaskan license plates, Oregon, Texas, California. Motor homes galore from north of the border. It´s a bit of a
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